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Avoiding youthful career mistakes

If you’re working for a boss who’s hard to please? Be very very glad! Working for someone who pushes your limits will help you build all the right attitudes for future success. Photo/FILE

What you need to know:

  • Get up early and drop the late nights. You’re far more productive early in the day
  • Network with students ahead of you - and stick with them when they get jobs, especially those who go to your target organisations
  • And lay off the social media! Your Facebook profile could destroy your career. Or just one Tweet

If you’re young, you should be enjoying the best time of your life. Full of energy and enthusiasm. But maybe your career has stalled? Or you can’t find work? There are some critical skills and attitudes that can make a huge difference to your success.

The first’s a sense of urgency. It’s easy to think you have all the time in the world. And to let one day after another to slip by, without doing the things that push your career along. Whether it’s revising for exams, networking or an assignment at work, put every moment to work! Get up early and drop the late nights. You’re far more productive early in the day.