Hard work isn’t enough. As Gorick Ng learned firsthand in high school, college, and first jobs, building a successful career requires more than that. You need to know — and follow — a set of unspoken rules.
“Have you ever looked around and wondered how some people just know that secret handshake to getting ahead in their careers?” says Ng, a career advisor at Harvard and bestselling author of “The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right.”
Once upon a time, Ng coveted that mysterious knowledge. Now that he has it, he says, “I’m on a mission to demystify the unspoken rules for everybody.”
A first-generation student who attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, Ng has since worked with thousands of early career professionals, and interviewed more than 500 people — recent grads, managers, and even CEOs — in different jobs, industries, and locations to learn from their experiences and wisdom.
CNBC Make It chose “The Unspoken Rules” as our January book club pick because we know our readers are smart and ambitious professionals looking to build successful careers and happy lives.
