What Are Your Medium-Term Career Goals?
WHAT ARE YOUR MEDIUM-TERM CAREER GOALS?
What are your medium-term career goals?
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What do you do for a living?
직업이 뭐예요? - Do you enjoy your work?
일이 즐거우세요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
What are your medium-term career goals?
How to Answer this QuestionThe interviewer is trying to gauge your ambition and your desire to succeed. She is also attempting to discover how much thought you have given to your future career plans.
Avoid glib responses such as To have your job or To be a manager. Quantify your aspirations and how you plan to go about achieving them.
Example Answers
I would like to be in a managerial role, ideally working closely with external clients. I have worked in client-facing roles for more than two years and I enjoy the challenge of keeping the customer satisfied. I think it's something I'm good at. I would also like to take on additional responsibility within this area, and possibly other areas such as _____. Finally, I'd like to be on the right career path towards eventually becoming a Senior Manager within the company. I'm very aware that these are ambitious goals, however I feel through hard work and dedication they are quite attainable.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어로 '승진하다'는 능동형이지만, 영어에서 promote는 '누군가를 승진시키다'라는 타동사입니다. 따라서 본인이 승진하는 것을 말할 때는 반드시 수동태 be promoted to를 사용해야 합니다. 또는 능동형으로 바꾸고 싶다면 "I'd like to move up to a managerial role"처럼 자동사 표현을 쓸 수 있습니다.
한국어의 '책임을 맡다'를 직역하면 take a responsibility라고 하기 쉽지만, 영어에서는 'take on responsibility'가 올바른 표현입니다. 특히 면접에서 추가 업무를 맡고 싶다고 말할 때 take on additional responsibility처럼 부정관사 a 없이 사용하는 것이 자연스럽습니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: WHAT ARE YOUR MEDIUM-TERM CAREER GOALS?
Level: Interview (ITV)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!