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Re: Interviews: Where do you see yourself in 5 years
Subject:Re: Interviews: Where do you see yourself in 5 years From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:46:05 -0700
Andrew Plato wrote:
> 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.
There's another alternative: people without goals can also be happy with
what they're doing, take pride in doing a good job, and have no desire
to do anything else.
It's rare, but it does happen. I've even interviewed at companies that
wanted people to answer, "Pretty much the same place as I am now,"
because they didn't want a turnover in employees.
Besides, the trouble with being goal-directed is that, if you're not
careful, you can find yourself promoted beyond your competence.
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