As we kick off this semester\u2019s failure contest, here is last semester\u2019s winning entry:<\/p>\n
Student Name: Cary E Caldwell<\/strong><\/p>\n I was working for a high volume Foreclosure and Bankruptcy law firm in 2007 as a legal assistant while maintaining a full schedule of classes. At 21 I was getting burned out since our company was downsizing and placing the file load unto me. I was doing 3 peoples’ jobs and was working for a very hard boss who would ask me to skip classes in order to meet deadlines.<\/p>\n Well one evening after a very tough day of work and school I went on my Myspace account (this is 2007, mind you) and blogged about my boss and the horrible experience I was having. Not realizing that someone in my office was one of my \u201cfriends\u201d and had forwarded the not so nice blog to my manager.<\/p>\n The next day I received an email stating that I was to clean up my desk and leave my ID badge at the admin\u2019s desk. I was devastated. I moved from my home in Florida to this Dallas, TX firm and had no real family and friends that I could rely on to get me through my schooling. So I quit college and packed up to my mother\u2019s house. I went online and found an insurance job in Connecticut and decided I would not return to academia. After about 3 years of being the low man on the totem pole, I realized that I needed to go back to school and have a balanced work\/life experience. So here I am very grateful for everything I\u2019ve learned so far to better myself and excited about getting back to the corporate world.<\/p>\n Instructor\u2019s Comments:<\/strong> It shows that failing to be vigilant in all aspects of your life can cost you. Particularly relevant because of social media\u2019s increasing impact on our students and their work prospects.<\/p>\n Paul Jarley, Ph.D., is the dean of the\u00a0UCF College of Business Administration<\/a>. He blogs every week at\u00a0http:\/\/www.bus.ucf.edu\/dean<\/a>.\u00a0This post appeared on September 25, 2013. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0@pauljarley<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we kick off this semester\u2019s failure contest, here is last semester\u2019s winning entry: Student Name: Cary E Caldwell I was working for a high volume Foreclosure and Bankruptcy law firm in 2007 as a legal assistant while maintaining a full schedule of classes. At 21 I was getting burned out since our company was downsizing and placing the file…","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":38640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[31,21,27],"tags":[6731],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-53383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-business-administration","category-opinions","category-student-life","tag-paul-jarley"],"yoast_head":"\n