Considere o excerto abaixo, adaptado de uma página da internet com dicas para se destacar em uma empresa, para responder à questão.
Excelling at an assigned project is expected. Excelling at a side project -- especially one you created -- helps you stand out.
For example, years ago I decided to create a Web-based employee handbook my then-employer could put on the company Intranet. I worked on it at home on my own time. Some managers liked it but the HR manager didn't, so it died an inglorious death.
I was disappointed but the company wasn't "out" anything, and soon after I was selected for a high visibility company-wide process improvement team because my little project had made me "that guy.”
(www.linkedin.com - acesso em 26/08/2014)
HR: Human Resources
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