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Career Advice Conundrum: Bad Career Guidance
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© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Career Advice Conundrum Survey Reveals Friends and Parents May Give Bad Career Guidance
2.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Of those workers surveyed: said they’ve received bad career advice. 2 66% Source: Accountemps survey of more than 1,000 U.S. workers employed in an office environment.
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© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including*: 3 *Some responses were edited for clarity. “Lie on your resume, they expect you to.” – Friend
4.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 4 “Be conservative in your work so you’re not given too many responsibilities.” – Friend
5.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 5 “Make your resume very detailed and very long.” – Friend
6.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 6 “Stick it out as long as possible, even if you hate it.” – Parent
7.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 7 “Don’t practice for the interview.” – Parent
8.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 8 “Don’t be friends with coworkers.” – Parent
9.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 9 “Apply absentmindedly without doing research.” – Career counselor
10.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 10 “Take credit for others’ work so you can get ahead.” – Mentor
11.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 11 “Stay in a role rather than grow within the company.” – Boss
12.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers in the survey shared the worst career advice they’ve ever received, including: 12 “Respond with the first thing that pops into your head during an interview.” – Sibling or other family member
13.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. Workers who had received bad career advice were asked, “Who provided it to you?” 13 Friend Parent Sibling or other family member Educator (professor/teacher) Mentor Manager/supervisor Career counselor Colleague/coworker Spouse Other 35% 14% 10% 9% 9% 4% 9% 5% 1% 4%
14.
© 2017 Accountemps.
A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved. For more information about Accountemps, including career advice and job search services, visit roberthalf.com/accountemps
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