In this day of information overload, career advice is plentiful. Articles, blogs, books, career coaches and peers all have ideas on what you should and shouldn’t do to land a job. Most universities have whole career centers devoted to the cause. When it comes to managing our careers, who couldn’t use a little advice from the experts?
But career advice, while often doled out with the best of intentions, isn’t always good. And the same rules that apply in other fields may not apply in development.
Here are five pieces of career advice you can feel free to ignore:
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Kate Warren@KateDWarren
Kate Warren is the Executive Vice President and Executive Editor of Devex, where she leads a global team of journalists, event producers, and communications and marketing professionals to drive conversations around the most pressing and urgent issues of our time, including climate, global health, food security, philanthropy, humanitarian crises, and foreign aid funding. Through live journalism — via in-person and virtual events — along with insider news, analysis, podcasts, content series, and special reports, Kate and her team ensure the most important ideas, voices, and debates reach an influencer audience to drive impact and make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
