goal-oriented
Driven by aims
Goal-oriented describes someone or something focused on achieving specific outcomes rather than following process for its own sake.
A goal-oriented person prioritizes results: She's very goal-oriented—she sets targets and works backward from there.
The term appears frequently in job descriptions and self-help contexts, sometimes to the point of cliché.
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- motivatedSpurred to action
- hungryWanting to eat
eager · aspiring · striving · tenacious · persistent · persevering · go-getter · striver
Devoted to one purpose
- targetedChosen for specific attention
- focusedDirecting attention narrowly
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
resolute · concentrated · laser-focused · fixated · intent · locked-in · undistracted · deliberate
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- outcomeFinal result of events
target · objective · endgame · completion · milestone · breakthrough · productive · efficient
Deliberately planned for advantage
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- organizedSystematically arranged
- structuredArranged in organized form
meticulous · calculated · pragmatic · planned · premeditated · intentional · scheduled · milestone
driven
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- motivatedSpurred to action
hungry · eager · aspiring · striving · tenacious · persistent · persevering · go-getter · striver · climber
single-minded
Devoted to one purpose
- targetedChosen for specific attention
- focusedDirecting attention narrowly
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
steadfast · resolute · concentrated · laser-focused · fixated · intent · locked-in · undistracted · deliberate · purposeful
success
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- resultsWhat follows from effort
outcome · target · objective · endgame · completion · milestone · breakthrough · productive · efficient · performance
strategic
Deliberately planned for advantage
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- organizedSystematically arranged
structured · meticulous · calculated · pragmatic · planned · premeditated · intentional · scheduled · milestone · roadmap
- ___-oriented words
- resume buzzwordsleadership, teamwork, communication, experience, problem-solving
- tenacitydetermined, persistence, persistent, perseverance, determination
- work ethicdiligence, hard worker, industriousness, go-getter, hard work
- work traitshardworking, diligent, productive, efficient, lazy
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
goal-orientedaimless
Having no direction
directionless · purposeless · unfocused · drifting · meandering
goal-orientedprocess-oriented
Focused on method, not results
exploratory · spontaneous · improvisational · free-flowing · in the moment
goal-orientedunmotivated
Lacking incentive or drive
unambitious · passionless · apathetic · indifferent · undetermined
goal, orient, orientation, disoriented, oriented, disorient, goalpost, reorient, orienting