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As a college graduate with a Bachelor in Marketing, I felt comfortable
   following the common road: to start a career in a big, important
It was very clear: the company/industry had a corporate, safe career
    plan for me. I just had to go with the flow: show to work, reach
company goals, practice some politics and the growth was a sure thing.
 It was a non risk career plan. Just the way people told me it should
But something wasn’t right. I wanted to take a bigger role in my professional life. Corporate
 was OK but I needed to make significant changes to the world. I had a lot of ideas that were
irrelevant to the corporate world. I wanted to be listened, but what was the cost in my career
                                            plan?
When I started looking for something different, las Páginas Verdes opportunity came up. I regret
an offer at a couple of good martketing positions. The thing was that this new opportunity was too
     different. Accepting this new career involved risks such as no safe career plan at a small
 organization, I was totally new in the industry, a lower salary, not the same company benefits.
  This isn’t something tought at schooll, it is not the path that I was tought to take! (I thought)
Las Páginas Verdes represented a risk but also an opportunity of
making the difference I was looking for. After lots of thinking, I took
Since day one, something in me finally fit. I found people who though
      the same way and once had thosecorporate issues as well.
Four years later I’m convinced that it was the best decision I could
   possibly make. I discovered a new career path with tons of
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Ie ara's risk

  • 1.
  • 2. As a college graduate with a Bachelor in Marketing, I felt comfortable following the common road: to start a career in a big, important
  • 3. It was very clear: the company/industry had a corporate, safe career plan for me. I just had to go with the flow: show to work, reach company goals, practice some politics and the growth was a sure thing. It was a non risk career plan. Just the way people told me it should
  • 4.
  • 5. But something wasn’t right. I wanted to take a bigger role in my professional life. Corporate was OK but I needed to make significant changes to the world. I had a lot of ideas that were irrelevant to the corporate world. I wanted to be listened, but what was the cost in my career plan?
  • 6. When I started looking for something different, las Páginas Verdes opportunity came up. I regret an offer at a couple of good martketing positions. The thing was that this new opportunity was too different. Accepting this new career involved risks such as no safe career plan at a small organization, I was totally new in the industry, a lower salary, not the same company benefits. This isn’t something tought at schooll, it is not the path that I was tought to take! (I thought)
  • 7. Las Páginas Verdes represented a risk but also an opportunity of making the difference I was looking for. After lots of thinking, I took
  • 8. Since day one, something in me finally fit. I found people who though the same way and once had thosecorporate issues as well.
  • 9. Four years later I’m convinced that it was the best decision I could possibly make. I discovered a new career path with tons of
  • 10.