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Are You Resourceful?
Resourcefulness builds character.
Business | July 11, 2008 @ 11:22 AM
When you're resourceful, you ask good questions.
When you ask good questions, it leaves a good impression.- It shows you've done your research
- It shows you have initiative
- It shows you have an interest in learning
A note from past experience
When I started working for an IT data storage company, I knew next to nothing beyond simple, consumer-level IT terms such as "external hard drive" or "thumb drive" and "gigabyte." Marketing for this company, however, required a bit more know-how than what I had readily available. From that point on, Google, Dictionary.Com, and Wikipedia became my heroes.
I read tech articles and Wiki entries on RAID and NAS and DAS and Fibre solutions - the whole bit. And after doing the bit of research on my own, I was able to attend product training sessions with a head start and several well-researched questions for my boss and my peers. Of course, there was still lots to be learned, but people appreciate it when you take the initiative to cover the basics on your own.
Lesson learned: it's not about showing off surface knowledge about an industry to an expert of that industry; it's about being the person who asks good questions and isn't there to waste anyone's time.
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