Department of Social Services Mock Interview
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Question 15 of 30
What are your career goals? For the next 3 years? The next 5 years? The next 10 years?
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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.
"Great question. I just revisited my five-year career goals, which I do once every year or two, depending on where I am at in my goals. In the next three years, I've set some pretty aggressive goals for myself, learning and picking up new skills and experiences while I advance my career. Once through my training in my next position, I hope to be growing within the department, being mentored and accelerated toward our mutual goals. I have some charts with me that detail my plan if you'd like me to share."
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.
How you answer this question will offer insights into your ambition and where you want to take your career. It'll also reveal how well your future aligns with the opportunities their program would provide.
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 you haven't already, put together several career plans. Start with creating one starting from your college experience. Next, determine where you currently stand on your trajectory of that plan and build another three-five-ten-year plan from there. Offer some details of this vision to the interviewer, revealing the detail of your ambitions.
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