Here’s where it pays to take a rigorous accounting of your prior job environments.
At one ill-fated interview I went on in the 1990s the woman asked me what I liked best about my last job.
“I loved the interaction among coworkers,” doomed me as soon as I told her.
Apparently, for that woman at that job this wasn’t the right answer. Luckily, I wasn’t hired.
This is because the building would’ve been a 10-minute walk from the subway. In that time, it took me at least two hours on the subway to get into Manhattan. Factor in a 10-minute walk in addition to the subway ride.
Having an isolated job at a desk away from coworkers would’ve sealed the deal that it wasn’t worth it to walk 10 minutes to get to an isolated building.
Today it’s imperative to research the business environment.
There’s been the opposite trend of “open offices” where everyone is working in one big room without dividers like in the traditional cubicle format.
Would you thrive in this workplace where you’re on display while going about your business?
As you can see, fitting into the company culture is imperative.
In my career handbook Working Assets I talk about qualifying your job leads like a salesperson qualifies their prospective clients to pitch a product or service to.
More on this in the next blog entry.
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