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Interviews: Ensuring A Solid Interview Goes Through

April 19th, 2011

By Cam Jarvis

When competing for a job, the few minutes you have allotted for an interview are crucial. It’s the only time you will have face-to-face to impress your potential boss. The actions and words you choose have the ability to widen or decrease the gap between you and the new job. Consider these tips before you enter the office to be ensured that you are as prepared and confident as possible.

Before the Interview

If you know you will be interviewing soon, request that a family member or friend (preferably someone who has conducted interviews at their place of work) ask you questions that are typically asked in an interview. Pretend this is the real deal and answer as if you are actually speaking to the representative of a company. Afterwards, have your friend give you feedback about what could be done better. Did you make eye contact frequently enough? Did you fully answer the questions with specific examples to illustrate your point?

At the Interview

Everyone is nervous during an interview, but try to look relaxed. Make frequent eye contact and listen closely » Read more: Interviews: Ensuring A Solid Interview Goes Through

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Interviews: Projecting Self – Confidence

August 25th, 2010

Dr. Carol Fleming, Personal Communication Coach

You have credentials, you have experience, you have references, BUT you don’t speak with authority and assurance.  You hold your voice in the back of your throat.  Your face shows little movement and expressiveness when you talk. You may be aware of some tension in your throat.  It’s as if you are holding your cards close to your chest, fearful that someone will see what you’ve got.

Self confidence is immediately perceived to the extent that you energize your articulation and let your speaking be clearly visible on your face.  Now is not the time to mumble! By placing your speaking energy in the front of your face, you are illustrating your confidence in your talents, achievements and reputation.

Does this apply to you? You start your improvement by trying to honestly answer this question.  You must go outside of yourself to get the answer. (We always think we are speaking clearly!) Here are two ways of finding out if this is your problem.

1.  Do people frequently ask you to repeat yourself? If so, they are telling you that they are not getting enough information through their ears or their eyes to be confident that they have gotten your message.

While it is true that communication can be hindered by noise in the environment, a hearing loss in your companion, etc., the energy that you invest in your articulation can overcome those obstacles. » Read more: Interviews: Projecting Self – Confidence

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Interviews: Why Am I Always 2nd or 3rd?

August 19th, 2010

By Phil Rosenberg

A reader asked me why she’s getting many interviews, yet always coming in 2nd or 3rd?

There can be many answers to this broad of a question, perhaps having to do with the interview, follow up, resume, other materials, but it all really comes down to perception.

L.L. shared a question about her own job search, and asked:

“What would you say to someone like me who has been looking for one year, has applied for 55 jobs, was interviewed for 35 of those jobs and came in 2nd and 3rd for 95% of those jobs, and who has a Master’s degree in public administration/policy from USC and 12 years’ experience as a manager/director in corporate communications, public affairs, media/government relations, philanthropy and public relations, and another 10 years experience as a marketing-communication manager in association management, and 8 years’ experience running my own PR firm from 2000 to present with the exception of 2 years as a western U.S. manager of marketing-communications for a national charity?”

Wow! All this in one sentence – from a candidate interviewing for communications manager/director » Read more: Interviews: Why Am I Always 2nd or 3rd?

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