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The One Company You Don?t Want To Work For - According To Google?s Eric Schmidt

By lawjobspipeline

So you want to work for Google?  Okay, you don?t want to work for Google necessarily, but you would like to know what their top man, Eric Schmidt?s advice might be if you?re looking for anything from a legal job to a loafing job at a go-nowhere corporation?

Well Sheryl Sandberg joined Google in 2001 after reaching top positions with McKinsey & Co and acting as Chief of Staff for the US Treasury Department, among other things.  She got a top job with Google Inc as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations.

She?s also involved with sales operations for Google?s consumer products and Google Print.  And, as if all that?s not enough, she works with Sergey and Larry on providing free advertising to non-profit organizations.

She says the best career advice she received came from Eric Schmidt, Google?s CEO, who told her to focus on the company?s growth.  She quotes Schmidt:  ?The most important thing to get right when selecting a job is how quickly the company is growing.  Growth creates numerous opportunities fro anyone who is contributing to the company?s success, whereas when companies stop growing, the careers of everyone, including very talented people, face severe challenges

Full post as published by lawjobspipeline.com Blog on January 21, 2008 (boomark / email).