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NeekBerm
Jun 25, 2004

Who are you calling chicken?

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I've found myself in the weird position of going from a minimum wage job (Security) to a rapidly growing management career at a grant-funded NPO. I went from Office Support to Project Specialist to Project Manager in the period of 5 months and while I'm excited/terrified of all the new responsibilities that have been given to me, I'm really new to this office politics thing and it shows.

What is the best way to leverage this fantastic opportunity. Do I tie myself to as many projects as possible for later resume fodder? How long do I stay at this organization until I start entertaining other offers?

Ultimate Mango posted:

Be proactive with this. Have ideas of what you think would be really good goals and objectives, and have a clear development objective.

I also love that whole SMART thing and wish I knew about it a couple months ago. It's a bit like SWOT but more project and goal oriented. What I honestly need is a solid, MBA-lingo-free resource so I don't feel like such a dunce during meetings and proposals.

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