Chapter 01: Knowledge is Power

On the surface everything looks as it should for career prospects in the world of business. Men and women pursue their careers with equal vigour and the opportunities for career success are available to all. Men and women have the same access to training, roles, promotions and salaries. Rewards and success are based on merit and dependent only on the knowledge, skills, experience and effort that each individual applies to his or her role. However, all is not as it seems.

Over and over again, capable and ambitious Career Chicks find that their efforts are not recognised, the value they bring to a business or organisation and their contributions are not appreciated and the success they aspire to is not realised. Often, they think, “It must be me. I must be doing something wrong.” It seems the only rational explanation. Otherwise, why aren’t Career Chicks getting ahead? The answer, as it turns out, isn’t obvious because the workplace culture is full of subtleties and nuances in the way that men work that affect your success.

The more you know about what is really going on, the better equipped you are to work out these subtleties and positively influence your own destiny … what you know provides a solid foundation of information on which you can develop and base your opinions and beliefs. And it becomes the basis of the decisions you make and things you do in your life. Like whether you want to develop a career and how you’ll go about it. And how you’ll achieve the level of success you aspire to. However, not being aware of the subtleties and nuances of the work environment may just be holding back Career Chicks (like you) from achieving success. Knowledge of how the business environment works and what is required for success is the rationale behind Hot Tips for Career Chicks. Knowledge is the secret to the CODE for career success, but knowing what to do with that information is even more crucial.

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Copyright Karen Adamedes 2009