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aCEOinyou.com » Blog Archive » Are you sending the right message? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:27 +0000

[...] Effective communication skills are essential for an entrepreneur; the more you talk about your product or service, the better you get with your pitch. How you present yourself to an audience of clients, business partners, and competitors is essential to your success as a spokesperson for your company. The business industry revolves around how you market yourself–your attributes, assets, skills, and capabilities. Often, the first impression means everything and, in turn, could cost you a high profile venture or project, if executed poorly. Thus, how you communicate, articulate formulated thoughts, and present yourself are truly critical. For example: When interviewing for jobs, it is rare that you nail the interview in the first attempt and land the dream job. [...]

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By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:47:34 +0000

One of the best pieces of interview advice I ever got had to do with posture. If you take a seat in a regular upright office chair, it’s such a simple thing to:

1) put your ass on the very end of the seat,
2) keep on the balls of your feet, and
3) sit up straight and maybe even lean forward slightly.

The alternative is to slouch back. Never do that. Sit up and forward, with a taut body. If you have had your coffee and are normally alert (not spazzy), you will find that sitting in this fashion will make you seem bright, eager, active, alert — the sharp answers will practically spring from your tongue. If you are sitting back you are defensive and the sort of “ummm” answers that make you seem stupid (you are not) will dominate.

By: Vid Luther

Vid Luther — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:09:17 +0000

I agree with Chris. You’re missing some of the basics, which if this is your first job interview, you shouldn’t miss. Here’s my list.

1. Know the position you’re applying for. It doesn’t matter if you knew that GE competes with Pratt and Whitney, if you’re going to be working on their data warehouse, and they need a mysql expert. They aren’t hiring you based on your knowledge of trivia about the company.

2. Ask them what they’ve done already, and then tell them how you think you’d be able to help.

3. Find out if the person interviewing you will be your boss, or your colleague, this is very good to know, are you going to be working with this asshole? or will you be taking orders from him?

4. This is the most important one, and people mess this up all the time. Have them convince you, why they should work for you. Why should you wake up every morning, and drive to the office for them?

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:10:04 +0000

You forgot the most important thing:

1) Understand what the company is looking for.

2) Understand what the interviewer is looking for.

3) Focus obsessively on showing how hiring you solves their needs.

Everything else is window dressing.