Dad Boss: Your First Job, Finding a Mentor, and Building a Life That Matters | with Abby Neilson
About this episode
In this episode, Jason Wright discusses career advice and mentorship with Abby Neilson, focusing on the challenges young professionals face in their first job.
What if the best career advice you ever received came from someone who cared about more than your résumé? Welcome to the first episode of Boss Dad , a new series on The Jason Wright Show where I sit down with young professionals for honest conversations about careers, relationships, ambition, integrity, faith, failure, and figuring out adulthood. My first guest is my former employee and current mentee, Abby Neilson . About a year ago, Abby was a recent college graduate struggling to land her first real job. A phone call that was originally supposed to help her make a few connections unexpectedly turned into a job offer—and eventually into a mentorship and friendship that neither of us anticipated. Abby jokingly calls herself the “personality hire.” But what I saw was something every young professional should understand: you don’t have to know everything when you start. You have to be willing to learn, work hard, accept coaching, and grow. In this first episode, recorded over coffee at our unofficial “satellite office” in Highland Park Village, Abby and I talk about what the first year of a career can teach you—and why the right mentor can change the trajectory of your life. We…
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