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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
When you start a new position, it is essential to prove your professionalism, and to set goals, but it also important to build relationships, tap into every resource available to you, ask lots of questions, and learn why they do things the way they do before suggesting any changes. Coming in and trying to reinvent the way they do things before you've learned anything will come across as arrogant, presumptuous, and unprofessional. Familiarizing yourself on the 30/60/90 rule, describe any impact you'd make during your probationary period of 90 days, and the impact you'd make after 90 days.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"When we were speaking earlier, about sales targets in this position, you mentioned that most new sales professionals hit their KPI's after 120 days. If hired today, my goal would be to exceed my KPI's after the first 90 days. I plan to make a positive impact very quickly."

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"If hired today, I would first work on obtaining all of the industry certifications and training that BASF SE needs me to complete. This will enable me to work independently, and gain traction in my new role."

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