"People look back on their careers and go: 'Wow it wasn't a straight line,'" Perino told Fortune. "If I had planned out my whole life, my life wouldn't have been my life."
"Pick the one thing you love to do and do that-and the salary will follow," Perino recalled. "I didn't trust that advice at first, but he was right."
"Just start working-wherever it is. It doesn't mean you have to stay there for two years."
Career paths often follow nonlinear trajectories that include journalism, congressional staff work, public relations, and other early roles. Attempting to engineer a perfect master plan can obscure immediate opportunities and slow progress. Concentrating on a single passion can align skills and compensation over time as related opportunities appear. Starting work in any available role builds experience and creates pathways to better positions without requiring long-term commitment to the first job. Casual networking in elevators, hallways, and workspaces can open doors; asking simple questions when meeting new people can expand connections and accelerate career advancement.
Read at Fortune
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]