This page contains a Flash digital edition of a book.
BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS


Some of the brightest minds in STEM, business and government offer their insights and advice about living and working to one’s best potential.


The Next Level C


by Lango Deen ldeen@ccgmag.com GRADUATING ENTRY LEVEL? HERE’S HOW TO CLIMB TO AN EXECUTIVE POSITION


icero wasn’t half wrong when he said no one can you give you wiser advice than yourself. But here’s some advice you can take.


You’ve just landed an entry-level job in a large corpora- tion and you are already thinking of how you can move up. You know just where you want your career to go, but do you really know what sets you apart from the pack of recent graduates seeking to get to the same level?


What steps do you need to take to prepare for advancement? What strategy should you have to become a very functional contributor and team member? To help you get that road plan together, here’s a rough guide based on insights and perspectives from corporate executives with 20/20 vision. Their valuable experiences will give you just the kind of foresight you need to soar.


The same drive and determination that helped land the


dream job (don’t forget the summer internships) are what you’ll need to climb the career ladder. You can’t sit back and wait for work to come to you.


“I think a lot of people when they come of out college want a ‘hockey stick effect’— in 10 or five years they want to be a vice president,” said Chineta Davis, retired vice president and general manager of operations in Northrop Grumman’s Elec- tronic Systems sector.


Still, if you want to move up, “move fast” is Davis’ first advice. She also adds that to get ahead, it’s important to know the players within the organization. Understand what their roles are, what they do and how they got where they are. Davis entered the workforce during the first wave of cor- porate gender policies in the 1970s. Like other executive track women of the time, when faced with the option of creating a flex work schedule, she felt forced to take “time out” after a second


54 USBE&IT I WINTER 2012


www.blackengineer.com


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86