10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Career

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Abstract

Getting ready to graduate? Wondering what to do in the next stage of your life? The panelists will talk about the top things they wish they knew before graduation. Find out what helped them succeed in the first five years of their careers. Leave with a set of tips for getting your career off on the right foot and how to prepare while you are still in school.

Details

The goal of this panel is to share the tips that the panelists have learned the hard way. We will share our tips about the following: What to do when you are about to start your career? How to navigate the initial few months at your new job?

Best of all, we will share our stories and narrate our personal experiences on lessons we learned when we started our careers. Handouts will be distributed before the session.

After

After the session, we will be available on GHC Facebook Page[1], to share further insights and answer any questions. The handouts, notes and presentation will also be uploaded to this page.

We look forward to seeing you all at GHC 2010 and hope that our stories will help all of you in making the right decisions.

Blog Links

Meena Seralathan : http://elendinel.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/grace-hopper-celebration-2010-day-3-30-september/

Portia Taylor: http://thenewbiker.blogspot.com/2010/09/10-things-im-glad-i-know-now-about.html

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