Imagine yourself in your new job, doing your best to make a good impression��nd your boss asks you to do something that doesn�� feel right, like fudge a sales report, or lie to a customer.
You have no idea how to handle the situation, and your boss is hovering. When you��e caught off guard, under pressure from someone more powerful, it�� easy to make a mistake. And having made
one, it�� easier to rationalize the next one.
The Young Professional�� Survival Guide shows how to avoid these traps in the first place, and how to work through them if you can�� avoid them. Many of the problems that arise in the
workplace are predictable. C. K. Gunsalus, a nationally recognized expert on professional ethics, uses short, pungent real-world examples to help people new to the work world recognize the
situations that can lead to career-damaging missteps��nd prevent them. Gunsalus offers questions to ask yourself (and others) to help you recognize trouble and temptation, sample scripts to
use to avoid being pressured into doing something you��l regret, and guidance in handling disputes fairly and diplomatically. Most of all, she emphasizes, choose your mentors for their
characters as well as their titles and talents.
You can�� control the people around you, but you can control what you do. Reliance on a few key habits and a professional persona, Gunsalus shows, can help you advance with class, even in what looks like a ��asual��workplace.
