What is the worst career mistake one can make?

I would say lying or being dishonest to your peers. People can make mistakes, sometimes expensive mistakes, that can cost heavily to your employer or colleagues. I have seen people fired not so much for the mistake, but for a poor attempt to cover it. Always own up all you do, and gain your peers' trust.

Hi Alisha!

The worst career mistake one can make is to take a major of study without thoroughly investigating it. When I was doing college recruiting, the most frustrating that I encountered was the graduate who found that when he/she was hired onto a job, the major he/she had studied was not what he/she though it was going to be.

He/she could have avoided this by talking to people in that field before choosing a major or taking advantage of coop, intern, and shadowing programs that would have allowed him/her to see the inside a job/career/major before making a decision. A job/career is like a closet. It looks one way on the outside, but when you go on the inside, it could look much different that one would expect.

Talk to your school counselor and your favorite teachers to see about learning about the inside of a career that you might be considering.

Best of lck! Please keep me posted. I would like to follow your progress!