If you're looking for advice about your career, the person in the next cubicle may not be your best option, a survey finds.
Fifty-eight per cent of 250 advertising and marketing executives polled said they had received bad career advice from a co-worker - the No. 1 source of being steered wrong. Fifty-four per cent said the bad advice had come from a boss, 35 per cent from parents or relatives, 30 per cent from a spouse or significant other and 21 per cent from a mentor, according to the survey developed by staffing service The Creative Group. Among the worst kinds of advice, according to the survey results: Being told to play it safe when that was the wrong thing to do; being encouraged to make overly risky moves; and getting guidance that would benefit the person giving the advice more than the person seeking it. Staff