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Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors
You are not alone.
I advocate for the worker who toils away in the corporate cubicle. You want to do your job well. You want to enjoy what you do. You want to live for your family and not your job or your employer.
To carry out these goals, you need to follow the footsteps of the Cubicle Warrior — a person fighting to get the work and performance review ratings they deserve. Work becomes focused on your personal goals and aspirations and not getting ahead at any cost. You fight for you.
While the rest of your coworkers strive for job security when there is none, Cubicle Warriors focus on building employment security. We know that you can be the best person on the job and a company can still lay you off in a New York minute. How did that job security thing work out?
Employment security builds on a hierarchy that consistently needs reviewing — adding new job skills over time, building a business network, performing well on the job, knowing how to do a job search and having the financial savings to allow you to pick a job because it is right, not because of desperation.
You can’t ignore investing in your career any longer because your company doesn’t care about your career, only your job skills that help reach company goals. Now all jobs are temporary and the only true question we can ask is this: “when will my current job end?” It will end, you know, and you need to get ready to navigate the treacherous shoals that is now a career.
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Cubicle Warriors give themselves the best possible advantage in the workplace. But it takes work, vigilance, preparation — and a great mentor — when you wage war to get the work you want and deserve.
Welcome to my world. Let me show you how to become a Cubicle Warrior.