{"id":28,"date":"2008-05-22T23:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T03:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2008-05-22T23:00:49","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T03:00:49","slug":"employment-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/employment-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I interviewed a young man for an entry-level producer position today. He graduated from college in December, was highly recommended by his department chair, has done a bunch of projects since graduation and now he&#8217;s very likely to get a good offer for his first &#8220;real&#8221; job in television&#8230; being mentored by me.<\/p>\n<p>Now comes the fun, learning how to succeed at work. Here are ten lessons I learned the hard way.\u00a0 These are universal, they work at any job. Take notes, there <em>will <\/em>be a test.\u00a0\u00a0 [send this to someone you care about, there are handy links at the bottom of this post]<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10.\u00a0 Being awake means being at work.\u00a0\u00a0 Few jobs in this industry, and definitely not your first job, last from 9 to 5.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t just hang out, work hard and be noticed. (but also maintain a personal life)<\/li>\n<li>9.\u00a0\u00a0 Learn how to take care of your boss, and what he\/she needs to do to take care of his\/her boss, and then anticipate their needs.<\/li>\n<li>8.\u00a0\u00a0 Write things down. I prefer Moleskine notebooks but find one you like and carry it everywhere, especially when you&#8217;re with the boss or in a meeting. (you&#8217;ll want a dependable pen as well)<\/li>\n<li>7.\u00a0\u00a0 Banish the word &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; from your vocabulary. Make friends with good people who will help you learn. These potential friends include people you&#8217;ve never met, but that you respect.<\/li>\n<li>6.\u00a0\u00a0 Think before you speak. Do not ever utter a word in anger. Don&#8217;t spread rumors or trash people. It will someday come back to haunt you.<\/li>\n<li>5.\u00a0\u00a0 Face-to-face communication is best, phone is next, email follows that and somewhere down the list, way down the list, is a phone message or a post-it note. Don&#8217;t become lazy with communicating.<\/li>\n<li>4.\u00a0\u00a0 Keep refreshed &#8212; personally, physically and spiritually. Do not get permanently worn out.<\/li>\n<li>3.\u00a0\u00a0 Become indispensable.<\/li>\n<li>2.\u00a0\u00a0 Tell the truth. Always.\u00a0 Honesty opens the door for grace.<\/li>\n<li>1.\u00a0\u00a0 You ultimately work for God. Get busy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I interviewed a young man for an entry-level producer position today. He graduated from college in December, was highly recommended by his department chair, has done a bunch of projects since graduation and now he&#8217;s very likely to get a good offer for his first &#8220;real&#8221; job in television&#8230; being mentored by me. Now comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,3],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-management","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joesindorf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}