Interviewer: What are your career goals?
Bill: My career goal is to become a regional general manager in the foodservice industry. I know that this goal is ambitious, but I believe that I have the skills and drive to achieve this goal.
Interviewer: So, what are you doing to achieve this goal?
Bill: I do my best every day and I always try to get better. In order to achieve my career goal, I set other short-term goals to help me improve and keep me motivated.
Interviewer: What are your short-term goals?
Bill: I am currently the manager at a family restaurant and I have two goals for this year. First, I want to increase our customer’s satisfaction by providing better service. Second, I want to find ways to cut costs without lowering the quality of our food.
Interviewer: Those are good goals. I think having short-term goals to help you achieve your long-term goal is a smart strategy.
Patterns and Examples
My careers goals are to ____________________ and ____________________. I think I can achieve these goals if ____________________.
- My careers goals are to become the CFO of a company and to be known in the industry as a creative thinker. I think I can achieve these goals if I work hard every day and continuously try to find new and innovative ways of doing business.
- My careers goals are to be the top salesperson in a large corporation and to eventually become a sales director. I think I can achieve these goals if I stay motivated and dedicated to my work.
I have one main career goal. It is to ____________________.
- I have one main career goal. It is to be the lead designer of a clothing line for young women.
- I have one main career goal. It is to be the president of a hedge fund.
____________________ is my number one career goal. I am confident that I can achieve this goal by ____________________.
- Being a marketing manager for a major company is my number one career goal. I am confident that I can achieve this goal by learning as much as I can from experienced people and trying my best to improve each day.
- Creating a top app is my number one career goal. I am confident that I can achieve this goal by continuing to improve my skills and searching for the right idea.
