Frank Yan of Sacramento on Building Your Career & Reputation

One Day Frank met up with a friend in Sacramento who is sucessful enough to climb quickly up the corporate ladder whilst still being so relatively young. Frank Yan asked him to tell him what was most important factor in him getting into his position. His answer was a single word: REPUTATION.

Frank thought of this conversation because Frank Yan have seen this at his college years past job of Bel Air Markets located in Gold River in Sacramento. At that time an Produce Clerk was advertised internally in the break room with the comment “Don’t worry about your resume, we have a good idea of what everyone is capable of”. Basically this translates to this: your reputation is your resume. This point was further proven by who got the job.


The person who got the Produce Clerk promotion had only been in their role as a Utility Clerk for only 7 months and is relatively very young and inexperienced in comparison to others who would have also applied. So why did he get it? Frank had thought he was a great fit and choice for the job. And people weren’t really surprised by it. What this man had built up at work is a great reputation. He was the “go to” person when anyone had a problem.



So, how did he build up his reputation and become the go to person to be? Important things Frank have noticed: Proactive: He was very proactive in taking on extra tasks and roles, so that his knowledge increased. This also means he adds tremendous value to work colleagues and the team. Knowledge: He had built up a superior knowledge of work ethic, related information and procedures. He has a great memory which means that once he does something once, it seems like he was an expert on it. Willingness to train/help: not only can he explain the procedures extremely well, when asked he would stop whatever he was doing and give that person his full attention.


Frank will end on a cautionary note today. A great reputation can take a long time to build, but an instant to destroy. Show up each day with your best game.



Bel Air Markets #522 Gold River – Sacramento, Ca