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How do you prioritize multiple projects when they all seem equally important?
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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.
As PwC says, "Know what matters -- and start with the basics." Your interviewer is curious about how you prioritize your work, what you base your decision-making on, and how you manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously. Tell the interviewer how you establish priorities and what you base them on.
"All our staff are recruited, developed, and managed against the PwC Professional's attributes for leadership. The combination of these attributes helps our people bring their best selves to work and inspire their colleagues and clients to do the same. It also means that PwC people will be strongly and uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of the future wherever their careers might lead them."
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 aim to be as effective as possible, and based on my experience as a professional, I know what matters and what has the potential of being a distraction. In my current role, I work on three to five projects at once. I am the lead on some, the delegator on others, and the reviewer on others. By splitting up the roles and work responsibilities, my team and I can be the most efficient with my time."
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 love to keep running lists of everything I need to do, big or small. If I feel a project may run ahead of schedule, I'll even add extras to knock it out of the park, but only if it doesn't interfere with other priorities. There's no need to overcomplicate things either. Keep it basic. I've started utilizing free project management software for lists and task categorization, and then I mark them by the level of urgency. I take care of the most time-sensitive issues first and then move along to the equally important but perhaps less time-sensitive items. I also estimate how long each task will take, so if I have a few minutes between projects, I can tackle the quick to-dos."
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.
There are many approaches you can take. Here are some suggestions:
1) Make a list. By thinking through and writing down each item that needs completion, you can see it on paper.
2) Mark what is urgent or essential. Take into account deadlines and meetings.
3) Order each task based on effort and estimated value.
4) Consider due dates and how long it will take to do each item.
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