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ASK THE RECRUITER
SELECTING A CAREER PATH

Anne Kutscher, SPHR sales job was working for a
Recruiter, Cianbro company known to not have the
www.cianbro.com best work environment and the
payroll coordinator position was
My niece recently called me with great news. She had two for a company that she did not
job offers! Each of the two job offers presented to Angelika know much about.
were related to her major but would take her on two entirely
different career paths. So, knowing that I was the Human Below is a list of research I
Resources guru in the family, she called upon me for guidance recommended she complete in
and advice. an effort to determine what job
she was looking for:
Angelika is a recent college graduate (May 2011) who got
her Bachelors in Finance. She’s been working part time as • Career Growth - If the recruiter did not discuss potential
a bank teller throughout her college career and has come to career paths, check out the company’s website. Find
the realization that she’s not quite sure what she wants to be out more about what positions they advertise for and
when she grows up…a problem I had upon graduating from what they do. Check out the Department of Labor’s
college more than a decade ago and one that it seems like Occupational Handbook (www.bls.gov/oco) to see what
many graduates of all kinds of programs face. they list as career growth in that industry/sector. At
this point in her career, she does not want to enter a dead
Instead of telling her which job to take, I suggested some end job! More specifically, check out the company
research and soul searching. Each of the positions would website to find out what information they list about
poise her career to travel in very different directions. One was career growth and where the entry level position she
a sales job and the other was as a payroll coordinator. The was being offered would take her.
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