| As a professional you have particular skills and abilities | | | | By focusing on the results you get, you will quickly and |
| in the ways you can help companies grow or operate | | | | easily build the value of who you can be to your |
| more smoothly or achieve their goals. Spending some | | | | potential employers. |
| quality time looking inward and identifying what you | | | | Tip #2: Create before and after stories |
| love to do (and what happens when you do it) is an | | | | Everybody loves to hear before and after stories, |
| important part of your job search success. | | | | even in an interview setting. And the best ones clearly |
| But what if you are one of those people that cringe | | | | paint a before and after picture (and the worse the |
| when it comes time to communicate those strengths | | | | better - so don't hold back!). |
| and "sell" yourself in a job interview? | | | | Think of all the problems, challenges and dire situations |
| I would like to offer you another perspective or belief | | | | with your past company (or companies) and how |
| system about what selling is - different from the one | | | | great things are now that you have helped them. |
| you might have now. | | | | Tip #3: Make THEM an offer they can't resist |
| It's so important you know how to sell yourself | | | | The point is to create an "offer" that's so irresistible, |
| because when you are able to communicate your | | | | your interviewers think, "We have to hire this person!" |
| strengths in a way that compels others, you are doing | | | | To do this, you need to offer something they believe |
| yourself and them a great favor. After all, you can't | | | | they can't get anywhere else. Be creative! |
| help a company that doesn't hire you. | | | | Here are a couple examples: |
| To boost your know-like-and-trust factor in your job | | | | One of my clients quickly received a robust offer |
| interviews, it's vital you know how to encourage | | | | because HE offered to produce at least two potential |
| potential employers to hire you in a way that's ethical, | | | | solutions to a challenge the company was facing and |
| full of integrity and authentically you. | | | | he said he would do it in 60 days. |
| What this means for you, is that you will attract the | | | | Another client of mine set up as part of her interview |
| interest of more employers, receive bigger and better | | | | process a 1/2 day on-site observation of the potential |
| job offers, and feel confident in the way you're | | | | employer's media company. She then presented an |
| communicating the ways that you can help potential | | | | outline of 10 ideas to improve their work environment |
| employers get the results they want...and that only you | | | | and boost their ratings. They offered her a whopping |
| can deliver. So everyone gets what they want and | | | | 100k over what she had been making previously. All |
| desire. | | | | this even after she was let go from that previous |
| So, here are three tips to help get you started: | | | | position. I love it. |
| Tip #1: Steer the interview by frequently mentioning | | | | When you learn how to communicate to your |
| your value | | | | interviewers that you are willing to invest getting the |
| So, if you're offering turnaround expertise, you will | | | | right information into their hands that is going to help |
| frequently refer to your turnaround projects. | | | | them, you are removing all the obstacles (including |
| If you are a marketing expert, you will frequently share | | | | money, time and your competition) that might |
| the results of your marketing efforts throughout the | | | | otherwise stand between you and the job offer(s) you |
| interview. | | | | want. |