Interview with ethan a job candidate answers an employer's 3 main questions
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Ethan Lazuk INTERVIEW WITH ETHAN - A Job Candidate Answers an Employer's 3 Main Questions CAN I DO THE JOB? - My situation differs from that of someone who studied Engineering or Computer Science in college because I did not choose an academic pathway that leads directly to a designated area of employment. My college career as an honor's student studying Political Science and Cultural Anthropology was designed to teach me practical skills and techniques for application in different public and private sector job environments. The information I learned was important because it introduced me to a variety of subjects ranging from medicine, biology, and environmental science to international relations, government, sociology, and history. More important than the information were the research and writing skills that I was constantly using and improving. Whether it was fact-checking and proofreading to edit articles, coming up with article ideas to do news writing, literature and book reviews, or writing articles invoking academic research, which I then presented publicly using slideshows and graphs, my writing and research skills were developed to a professional level. I proved that I could walk into a professional work environment and hit the ground running, using my research and writing skills, because I did so on several occasions, including with the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and with a non-profit organization in Missoula, MT. WILL I LOVE THE JOB? - My personality does not allow me to engage in trivial activities. When I get involved with something, whether it's a job or a hobby, I am unable to devote anything less than 100 percent of my time and focus to that activity. My most recent example of this involves golfing. Golf is a leisurely sport that many business people partake in on weekends or holidays, sharing drinks as they meander along the course and appreciate the merriment of a rare moment without pressure and responsibility. For me, I was on the golf course every day, working to perfect every necessary technique by practicing mundane drills for hours, because I wouldn't accept anything less than becoming a professional golfer. Earlier, as an Administrative Intern at the NESA Center in Washington, D.C., I routinely arrived at 6:30am, before almost everyone else, and worked tirelessly until after most of the office had left for home. These 50+ hour workweeks were the high point of my life. Between the challenges at work and the commitment required to
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Ethan Lazuk
INTERVIEW WITH ETHAN - A Job Candidate Answers an Employer's 3 Main Questions
CAN I DO THE JOB? - My situation differs from that of someone who studied Engineering or Computer Science in college because I did not choose an academic pathway that leads directly to a designated area of employment. My college career as an honor's student studying Political Science and Cultural Anthropology was designed to teach me practical skills and techniques for application in different public and private sector job environments. The information I learned was important because it introduced me to a variety of subjects ranging from medicine, biology, and environmental science to international relations, government, sociology, and history. More important than the information were the research and writing skills that I was constantly using and improving. Whether it was fact-checking and proofreading to edit articles, coming up with article ideas to do news writing, literature and book reviews, or writing articles invoking academic research, which I then presented publicly using slideshows and graphs, my writing and research skills were developed to a professional level. I proved that I could walk into a professional work environment and hit the ground running, using my research and writing skills, because I did so on several occasions, including with the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and with a non-profit organization in Missoula, MT.
WILL I LOVE THE JOB? - My personality does not allow me to engage in trivial activities. When I get involved with something, whether it's a job or a hobby, I am unable to devote anything less than 100 percent of my time and focus to that activity. My most recent example of this involves golfing. Golf is a leisurely sport that many business people partake in on weekends or holidays, sharing drinks as they meander along the course and appreciate the merriment of a rare moment without pressure and responsibility. For me, I was on the golf course every day, working to perfect every necessary technique by practicing mundane drills for hours, because I wouldn't accept anything less than becoming a professional golfer. Earlier, as an Administrative Intern at the NESA Center in Washington, D.C., I routinely arrived at 6:30am, before almost everyone else, and worked tirelessly until after most of the office had left for home. These 50+ hour workweeks were the high point of my life. Between the challenges at work and the commitment required to keep up with them, I was completely in my element, living off of coffee and peanut butter crackers, and loving every moment of it. If I apply for a job, it's because it matters to me, and anything that matters to me is deserving of my 100 percent effort and attention.
CAN YOU TOLERATE WORKING WITH ME? - I was raised as a humble boy on the suburban edges of a medium-sized town in western Montana. Life was quiet and simple. For the first 15 years of my life, I wasn't aware of much beyond mountains, pine trees, and loose deer running in the streets. When I moved to the populated Phoenix suburbs during high school, I got my first taste of culture shock when the parade of cacti (or cactuses to the locals) and Spanish-language music flashed before my eyes, and my simple worldview was suddenly flooded with countless sights previously unseen. In a way, that experience transformed me into a curious soul who is interested in seeing and understanding the people of the world. I've since lived in several diverse places in the U.S., including rural settings in Connecticut and urban ones in downtown D.C. and Phoenix, not to mention overseas experiences in Turkey and The Republic of Georgia. My natural curiosity for human diversity lead me to study Cultural Anthropology in college, but it has also lead me to seek out, interact with, and understand as many different types of people as I can. Combine my humble Montana origins with my experiences with diverse people and it's easy to see why I can interact with anyone and everyone without judgment and with complete sincerity.
