For one, don't believe the hype about any employer. In dot-com land, the press, the public and Wall Street fell all over themselves gushing about the promise of the New Economy. The truth is, there was less there than met the eye. But even if a company you're thinking of working for is large and well established, it may not be what it seems. Giants cut their workforce, suffer convulsive management changes and even go out of business, notwithstanding their solid images.
Nothing is all that great or all that permanent.
She quickly learned the company's procedures, and handled and organized the sales director's paperwork, freeing him to be more productive in the field. But Emily had a plan. While in college as an English major, Emily decided she would eventually like to work as an advertising copywriter. Now that she was at a company that did lots of advertising, she decided to try to switch from sales to marketing so she could be involved in the company's ad campaigns. Her hard work impressed her boss there, too, and he gave her a raise after a few months.