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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.
Your interviewer is curious about how far you've come in your career and whether you have frequently had to revise your five-year career plan. How you answer may reveal whether you struggle with time management or have experienced job dissatisfaction and reassessed your priorities. If you haven't advanced as swiftly as you'd prefer, that's okay, so long as you are learning and determined to rise to the heights you desire. As the philosopher Lao Tzu once said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." So, breathe more life into your career progression than what is on your resume, and share the speed bumps you hit along the way and how you adapted. Whether you are an entry-level analyst or director, detail how far you've come, where you hope to go next, and that you are capable of the hard work and dedication to achieve your career goals.

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.
"Well, I'm a senior analyst at my current company and have been qualified, according to my supervisors, to be a manager for some time. But, any time there seemed to be a position that would come available, our branch manager has been hiring friends or family from outside. So, I have been in a holding pattern for some time. At this point, I decided it would be better to work for a company that was more of a meritocracy and relied less on nepotism."

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