I would define this job as one that primarily requires leadership in order to guide a team towards better collective thinking. The project manager is also someone who has a great sense of organization because they have to coordinate the activities and the tasks each employee has to achieve. A project manager is the person who is always available to answer any question the employees have about the project they are working on, which demonstrates a certain intelligence and creativity.
2 years in the administration and human resources field
I do not have any professional experience in the marketing field for now, but i will graduate from the business management program next year. In this program, I have taken many different marketing courses such as consumer buying behavior, marketing strategies and even a marketing research class where I lead a study for a real client and actually helped the company with their complaint system. Other than that, I have worked in the administration field for about 2 years now as an administrative officer for the human resources service which has provided me with some valuable experience such as using technology to work more efficiently and different interactions with colleagues such as providing training and developping procedures alone or as a team.
My first work experience was working at McDonald's which was a great learning opportunity regarding hard work. When I was working there, there was no time off, there was always somthing to do and I could never stop working or else the supervisors would find something for me to do immediately. For example, I could have a 4 hours shift in the morning from 7 to 11 am and only do coffees and clean the station non-stop. Our franchise was so busy we needed to be very efficent in order to meet all the needs of the clients. With this is in mind, I can say I consider myself as a hard worker.
I motivated an underperforming team to achieve their goals when I was working in the healthcare system in the human resources service during the COVID-19 pandemic by rearranging an array of documents that were being leftover due to the extra work that was put on everyone during this stressful time. A lot of documents were piling up and I made sure to take care of every single case that was way overdue in order to relieve my colleagues stress caused by the sight of such huge piles of documents waiting for them to take care of them and motivate them to keep going as I was taking care of what they could not.
When working at my previous job, one my colleagues asked me to rearrange a document that was not up to date by creating a new table containing all of the information so that users could use it efficiently. I really went above and beyond with that task by creating a research tool on Excel where all the user had to do was to select 3 items on scrolling menus and they would get all the information they were looking for immediately. When I showed my colleagues and bosses my work, they were very impressed.
I am different from the other candidates because I have a great sense of initiative and I always want to go to above and beyond. For example, when working at my previous job, one my colleagues asked me to rearrange a document that was not up to date by creating a new table containing all of the information so that users could use it efficiently. I really went above and beyond with that task by creating a research tool on Excel where all the user had to do was to select 3 items on scrolling menus and they would get all the information they were looking for immediately. When I showed my colleagues and bosses my work, they were very impressed. This makes me different because I will always want to do my best in order to get the best possible results even it requires more than what has been asked for.
Being a marketing project manager means a lot to me. More specifically, it means to finally put to use the marketing competencies I have learned at school. To be a project manager would mean I could now use my creativity everyday and that is one of the things that keep me going in life.
I've worked in a team my whole life. From my first work experience at McDonald's to my last in the healthcare system.
I work well with people who are quick learners and who can retain information, because I often go very fast when I am on a roll. However, people who are slow tend to kill my momentum when I have an idea. I also do not like to work with people who think their ideas are more valuable than everyone else's because they tend to be less open minded and I think open-mindedness is key to being a good project leader.
I like constructive criticism because I love to always get better and better at my job and I feel like the only way to get better at someting is to know what you do not do well and have to work on. That said, I am always open to comments about my work as long as I have time to work on it before getting criticised about the same thing over and over again.
I feel comfortable when working in an office with the door opened so that people can come in and ask questions or have a small chat so I can maintan privacy while still having interactions here and there.
I write all the important things I have to do in my electronic agenda to make sure everything is ready before the due date and cross out things when they are done. I also often use reminders for things I really have to remember to do.
I would approach a task I have never done before by asking a lot of questions to the person in charge to make sure I am doing the right thing. I would also read all about it before hand to make sure I know the context around it.
I read procedures, followed the instructions that were given to me and took notes, asked a lot of questions and made sure that my work was adequate by asking someone to validate at the beggining just to make sure everything from there would go the way it is supposed to.
When in school, my classmates and I had to do a debate and I was the one who always could prove the other people's points wrong and made points that they could not refute.
I can convince someone to change their mind by making sure they know I understand their point but that I suggest something else. What is really important in convincing someone is to explain your point and why it would be better for them to support your point with respect.
I would be of value to your company for my out of the box ideas. My creativity and the way i am able to display it is something people usually love about me as an employee but also as a student, as a daughter and as a friend. Furthermore, my sense of organization is something your company could really benefit from as I am able to optimize workforce and resources simply by organizing things better.
I see myself bringing fresh ideas on the table for your team but also listening to what others have to say and generate the best possible results by merging different ideas into one great plan.
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