Does Luck Factor in Career Success?

Early in my career, I interviewed for a job at a magazine, at a company I really wanted to work for. I got to the second interview but didn’t get the job. I was disappointed. Later, I wound up working for another one of the company’s magazines. A short while after I started, the magazine I had originally interviewed for folded. Talk about dodging a bullet.

Call it fate, luck, karma, kismet or just being in the right place at the right time, but I’ve had a lot of these sorts of breaks throughout my working life. (Hey, I’m a Sagittarius, after all.) And I’m not the only one. When we asked Monster members what role luck played in their successes, their responses indicated that something beyond just hard work has helped lead a lot of people down a good career path. Check out some of their stories.

So on this St. Patrick’s Day eve, what do you think? Do the gods of good fortune really play an important part in career bliss? Post your comments below. And if you’d like the luck of the Irish to rub off on your job search, check out The Resume Expert’s take on a leprechaun’s resume.