tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505321001193533635.post8350596303067455334..comments2024-03-06T03:50:12.522-05:00Comments on KirkHazlett-APRofessor's Thoughts: Your Career and You: "Dodging the 'Dumb' Question"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10517054023431864957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505321001193533635.post-1851254051274158012011-12-06T09:31:13.399-05:002011-12-06T09:31:13.399-05:00Thanks for your answer!Thanks for your answer!Luke Messecarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505321001193533635.post-19468905085072998772011-12-02T18:34:15.005-05:002011-12-02T18:34:15.005-05:00Hi Luke! Thanks very much for reading and asking a...Hi Luke! Thanks very much for reading and asking a very important question.<br /><br />Looking back on it, I should have done two things.<br /><br />First, I should have gotten in touch with this person's former place of employment to ask folks who worked for him there what he was like and what was their impression of him as a boss.<br /><br />Second, I should have pushed harder in asking him what he saw as my role in the organization. I applied for the position based on what I perceived as quite exciting and professionally challenging opportunities to apply my current skills and abilities and to build/improve on some areas in which I had not had a tremendous amount of experience.<br /><br />Had I taken these actions and asked these questions, I probably would not have taken the job.<br /><br />But...you can't change history...you can only learn from it. And I definitely learned!!Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSAhttp://kirkhazlett-aprofessorsthoughts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505321001193533635.post-14673202468859926202011-12-02T09:54:35.935-05:002011-12-02T09:54:35.935-05:00Kirk, great article. Thanks for sharing. You menti...Kirk, great article. Thanks for sharing. You mentioned that at your last job that the person who hired you had completely different expectations then you did regarding what you would be doing. If you could do it over, what questions would you have asked?<br /><br />In my experience after Curry I've found that the actual results are really not as important as meeting or exceeding expectations. Asking questions is a great way to define them from the start.Luke Messecarnoreply@blogger.com