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What do you look for in a workplace?
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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.
The interviewer asks this question to understand what motivates you, what distracts you, and what kind of work environment suits you best. Your answer will clue them into your career goals, what your ideal employer looks like, how you may work with and complement their team, and how well you will work under their team leaders.
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.
Be honest. Contemplate what your ideal workplace looks like, especially when it comes to your career goals. Give them insights into your personality and what motivates and inspires you on a personal level, as well as how you stay motivated throughout your workday, how you approach your work, and whether the task is high-pressure or monotonous.
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.
"Just growth opportunities. I'm interested in growing professionally and personally. I'm interested in working somewhere that sees me as a good investment, and by that, I mean investing in me as they would invest in the rest of the team. I'm also interested in working somewhere that has growth opportunities from within, to expand my career in a direction conducive to my five-year plan."
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