well said too steve,my first job too i offered to work without pay , its really frustrating i know at times if you have a bad employer especially but its a stepping stone to bigger things<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM, ndungu stephen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ndungustephen@gmail.com">ndungustephen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A long time ago - I was lucky to read a book called &quot;Rich Dad, Poor Dad&quot; - in my last year of college about 3 years ago.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">And there was a quote that said - &quot;do not pass up a chance to learn and gain experience for the pursuit of money...&quot; </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">It went on to say that, while you are still young and learning - it is okay to be employed for a while without pay, because 1) you are still finding out what you have to offer 2) you are building what you have to offer - so that when the time comes, you will have alot to tell your next employer, who shall value you based on your now bigger CV...</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">

<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">My first two and a half jobs [almost 1 year] - I must say I worked without pay,, its hard, but you get to catch on alot.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">

<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I am not critisizing, but I always advise guys from college to start somewhere, because times have changed, and this is the only way to penetrate the market - unless you get very lucky [no pun intended for this last statement :-) ] .</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">

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