How to Build the Ultimate Foundation for Your Career

When I began my business career, I reinvented a lot – from being a journalist to a political spokesperson to a nonprofit director. Finally, nearly a decade after I graduated from college, I started my own business and began the career I have today, speaking and consulting for organizations like Google, Yale University, and the World Bank.Early on, most of my business education came through trial and error. As a result, I’ve spent a lot of time researching how young professionals can set themselves up the right way for a successful business career. When the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management – now part of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business – asked me to share these strategies, I was all in. Here are the five steps I’d recommend to any professional who wants to set themselves apart from the competition. Source: How to Build the Ultimate Foundation for Your Career — Dorie Clark