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From Day One: Success Secrets for Starting Your Career
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From Day One: Success Secrets for Starting Your Career

by William J. White
November 2005
Beginner content levelBeginner
272 pages
5h 22m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 7. Developing Your Career

You can’t negotiate your way to success. Your career development is really about your contribution, not your salary.

The human resources (HR) department, you may think, is the place you go to fill out forms, apply for a job, or find out more about benefits and programs offered by the company. While all this is true, this department is so much more. HR, as its name implies, is truly a resource for your career development.

At this point you may be thinking, so what? I know HR is there, and when I need something from them, I’ll go ask them. You’re certainly correct. HR is the place to go for bureaucratic things like forms, ID cards, enrolling in the company’s 401(k) plan, and navigating the benefits system. HR, however, ...

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