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Subject:Re: Interviews: Where do you see yourself From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
In article qmail -at- web12706 -dot- mail -dot- yahoo -dot- com, intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com (Andrew Plato) writes:
>
>B. Express your real goals. These can demonstrate that you can set goals, make
>a plan, and work toward getting them done. Which is a mirror for how good
>employees work: determine the goal, make a plan, accomplish the goal.
>
>People without goals are terrible employees. They typically have no motivation
>to do anything above the absolute bare minimum. They just want to get their
>check, cash it, and go home. Why should ANY company hire a person like this?
>These people can work at 7-11.
>
>While there are many other good questions to ask in an interview, this one is
>absolutely vital. Not only should a person have goals, but they should have a
>plan to accomplish those goals.
>
This is a sweeping generalization that doesn't apply to
everyone. My only "goal" is to do the best professional job
I can in my role with my company. I'm a senior developmental
editor. Besides editing, I have also during my time at my current
employer ended up getting trained to be a trainer on the SGML
word processing package that we started to use, overseeing three
revisions of our extensive style guide, and writing four internal
books on our tools.
I am a dedicated employee who goes way beyond the bare minimum
when completing assignments -- often recommending things beyond
the scope of what I'm told to do. But I have no desire to go
into management, work at a different-sized company, learn
programming, or any other "goal" you can think of. Being a
consummate professional and doing your job to the best of
your ability is more than just getting a paycheck and marking
time. And you don't necessarily need a five-year-plan to do it.
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