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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.
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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.
"I'd say when the information is incomplete, depending on its gravity. I'm pretty good at anticipating the needs of my employers and managing up. So, unless I have the complete picture and can take the course of action I know I should take, I won't bring it to my superior's attention until I have something worthy to present. Otherwise, they'll ask me questions I should already have the answers to. If I'm going to distract them from the pressing concerns they face, I will make sure I've lightened the load as much as I can first."

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 I'm ordered to. I look to our senior management to make the big decisions. I'm working for them, after all. They're running the business and hold their positions for a reason. If they say to keep it quiet, that's what I'll do. If I come upon sensitive information, I'll withhold it from everyone aside from my superiors. How that information is handled should be their call, not mine."

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