Here are four articles that can give you a sense of what's good about grunt work -- and what's not:
- Why humility is a useful attitude as you're starting out--you find out about how the business works, make contacts, and figure out how all the parts fit together. http://www.wetfeet.com/blog/2012/nove/looking-for-your-dream-job-go-to-the-ground-floor
- How to find ground-floor Resume-Builders while you're still on campus--if you can't travel to an internship, create opportunities around campus. http://www.wetfeet.com/blog/2012/october/how-to-be-a-stand-out-job-candidate-throughout-college
- Companies have a ground floor, too. In fact, I could make a case that every company needs to be in perpetual start-up mode if it's going to have a snowball's chance to succeed in this economy. Employers will value your contributions if you can get into this mindset, too. (See note below concerning the link that appeared here in the original post.)
- How to quit the ground floor when you're ready to move on. Too much of a good thing can become a bad thing when you've learned what you need to know, and either there is no ladder out of the "grunt" pile, or your superiors are too dense to notice that you're able to do more and better things for them. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/how_to_finally_quit_your_job.html
Note: At the request of Online MBA dot com, I have removed the link that appeared here when I first posted. The organization is being penalized by Google; I'm not quite sure why. You can find the article again by searching for this string: online mba "33 insider" tips
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