College Planning Specialists

April 5, 2008

Student Job Applicant’s Tool #1: Avoid “Derailing” Your Career Before It Starts

This article was originally presented on http://deansguide.wordpress.com; Dr. John Eggers, Ph.d researcher, has identified the best method for hiring people in corporate America. If you are a recent graduate and you are searching for a job consider this article a warning. Understand your personality type, research the firms you want to work for in your career, then present yourself in the best light.

FoxBusiness.com published this article on Valentine’s Day 2008
John Eggers, Ph.d and President/CEO of Proclivity LLC is an expert in human capital issues effecting businesses, employee challenges in the workplace, and measuring the best method for hiring the right people within an organization. Egger’s University of You (YU) is billed as “A Personal, Career & Organizational Development Forum” and “Resources to Help You Win.” One of the best and most simple lists to help Realtors and Brokers assess their employees is his list of the “Top Ten Executive Derailment Factors”

According to Dr. Eggers: “fifty percent (50%) of executives overrate their abilities and a few simple steps can stop this from happening”

Egger’s “Top Ten Executive Derailment Factors”

1. Hubris

2. Mishandling Office Politics

3. Alienating Your Boss

4. Over Reliance on a Mentor

5. Suffering from a Bad Image

6. Being a “Problem Child”

7. Not Producing Results

8. Succumbing to Stress

9. Changing Everything

10. Getting Off to a Bad Start

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