Re: "Opportunistic"

[Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>]

"Opportunistic" suggests taking advantage of a situation for one's own 
benefit (just as an opportunistic infection takes advantage of a host 
organism's poor health or weakness). So to me, an opportunistic 
employee would be one who acts out of self-interest, not in the 
employer's interest. 

I agree with Nancy's suggestion: enterprising. 

I also think you might be better off with different words for the 
"seeking out" and the "following through". The first requires a bit of 
inspiration, of intuition; the knack of making connections between 
seemingly unrelated things. The second requires someone who is 
thorough, diligent; someone who can see things through to the end. 

Stuart 

> The idea people want to convey is a certain attitude they want 
> employees to have, an attitude of seeking out opportunities 
> ... and then following through on those opportunities 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing 
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or 
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. 
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat