Comments on: The ultimate fatal mistake when starting your dream job http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 Scot Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:07:17 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-5080 @Ally -- the study that was referenced looked at the eighteen month point and looked at over 5,000 hires. The person could have already moved on in the organization -- and been considered a success; I don't think they necessarily had to be in the job for the full eighteen months. In my career, save one manager, I never had the same manager for my performance review two years in a row, so it is fast out there... @Ally — the study that was referenced looked at the eighteen month point and looked at over 5,000 hires. The person could have already moved on in the organization — and been considered a success; I don’t think they necessarily had to be in the job for the full eighteen months.

In my career, save one manager, I never had the same manager for my performance review two years in a row, so it is fast out there…

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-6506 Scot Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:07:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-6506 @Ally -- the study that was referenced looked at the eighteen month point and looked at over 5,000 hires. The person could have already moved on in the organization -- and been considered a success; I don't think they necessarily had to be in the job for the full eighteen months. In my career, save one manager, I never had the same manager for my performance review two years in a row, so it is fast out there... @Ally — the study that was referenced looked at the eighteen month point and looked at over 5,000 hires. The person could have already moved on in the organization — and been considered a success; I don’t think they necessarily had to be in the job for the full eighteen months.

In my career, save one manager, I never had the same manager for my performance review two years in a row, so it is fast out there…

]]> By: Andy Parkinson’s World » Blog Archive » 9/10/09: Top Career Posts this Week http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 Andy Parkinson’s World » Blog Archive » 9/10/09: Top Career Posts this Week Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:51:36 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-5079 [...] From Cube Rules: The ultimate fatal mistake when starting your dream job “When we start our jobs, it’s easy to simply coast along with whatever the manager is giving you to do. But coasting doesn’t make for success in a new job, especially our dream job. Too often, people start new jobs and then are gone from them within eighteen months. Sure, sometimes we misjudge the fit between the company and ourselves. Sometimes, we’re just wrong for the job and we should move on. But too often, we make the ultimate fatal mistake when we start are dream job: we fail to understand how to achieve our business goals.” [...] [...] From Cube Rules: The ultimate fatal mistake when starting your dream job “When we start our jobs, it’s easy to simply coast along with whatever the manager is giving you to do. But coasting doesn’t make for success in a new job, especially our dream job. Too often, people start new jobs and then are gone from them within eighteen months. Sure, sometimes we misjudge the fit between the company and ourselves. Sometimes, we’re just wrong for the job and we should move on. But too often, we make the ultimate fatal mistake when we start are dream job: we fail to understand how to achieve our business goals.” [...]

]]> By: Ally S http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-5078 Ally S Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:39:51 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-5078 Eighteen months!? I don't consider that a hiring fail, that's just doing a job and moving on, surely? In my opinion a hiring fail is someone leaving after 3 months or less. Maybe it's the industry I work in, which can be faster moving than most...? Eighteen months!? I don’t consider that a hiring fail, that’s just doing a job and moving on, surely?

In my opinion a hiring fail is someone leaving after 3 months or less. Maybe it’s the industry I work in, which can be faster moving than most…?

]]> By: Ally S http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-6505 Ally S Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:39:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-6505 Eighteen months!? I don't consider that a hiring fail, that's just doing a job and moving on, surely? In my opinion a hiring fail is someone leaving after 3 months or less. Maybe it's the industry I work in, which can be faster moving than most...? Eighteen months!? I don’t consider that a hiring fail, that’s just doing a job and moving on, surely?

In my opinion a hiring fail is someone leaving after 3 months or less. Maybe it’s the industry I work in, which can be faster moving than most…?

]]> By: Momentor » Blog Archive » 9/10/09: Top Career Posts this Week http://cuberules.com/2009/09/09/the-ultimate-fatal-mistake-when-starting-your-dream-job/comment-page-1/#comment-5077 Momentor » Blog Archive » 9/10/09: Top Career Posts this Week Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:33:14 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3419#comment-5077 [...] From Cube Rules: The ultimate fatal mistake when starting your dream job “When we start our jobs, it’s easy to simply coast along with whatever the manager is giving you to do. But coasting doesn’t make for success in a new job, especially our dream job. Too often, people start new jobs and then are gone from them within eighteen months. Sure, sometimes we misjudge the fit between the company and ourselves. Sometimes, we’re just wrong for the job and we should move on. But too often, we make the ultimate fatal mistake when we start are dream job: we fail to understand how to achieve our business goals.” [...] [...] From Cube Rules: The ultimate fatal mistake when starting your dream job “When we start our jobs, it’s easy to simply coast along with whatever the manager is giving you to do. But coasting doesn’t make for success in a new job, especially our dream job. Too often, people start new jobs and then are gone from them within eighteen months. Sure, sometimes we misjudge the fit between the company and ourselves. Sometimes, we’re just wrong for the job and we should move on. But too often, we make the ultimate fatal mistake when we start are dream job: we fail to understand how to achieve our business goals.” [...]

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