| In an interview, worrying about your perceived | | | | Express enthusiasm for the chance to expand on |
| inadequacies, or what can be viewed as negative | | | | your present skills. Apply the same strategy to any |
| items on your history of employment, will get you | | | | other weak points you may have. Even a job that you |
| nowhere. In fact, having a negative focus on things | | | | left due to a personality conflict, can be given a |
| often comes through in the way you answer.interview | | | | positive light by emphasizing the experience you |
| questions, and even in your body language. An | | | | gained. Whatever you do, leave bitterness and pity at |
| applicant who shifts, plays with things like their shirt | | | | home. An employer wants someone with the desire to |
| cuffs, or who loses track of the subject under | | | | move onward and upward. |
| discussion, is sabotaging their own chance at success. | | | | That brings us to the second item: presenting yourself |
| Okay, so you have some weak points. Maybe there | | | | in a way that makes you compatible with the |
| was a time two years ago, that you were out of work | | | | companys needs, and highlights how you can benefit |
| for eight months. Or the job that is open demands a | | | | their present or future plans. Study the companys |
| certain skill level that you havent quite achieved yet. | | | | general business, and the department where you are |
| Neither of those things can knock you out of | | | | applying, in particular. Find out why they are hiring |
| contention like a lack of confidence in yourself. | | | | someone (Did an employee quit? Retire? Are they |
| We have a simple, two-part solution: First, make the | | | | expanding?) then emphasize the skills and experience |
| best out of your worst, and then make the companys | | | | that make you not only capable of filling the position, |
| priorities, your own. | | | | but of bringing new ideas and a positive attitude to it. |
| Study the weak points in your resume and build on | | | | Find an "up" to every down point in your work history |
| them. If youve had a period of unemployment, think | | | | or resume. Then sell your skills and personality with an |
| about the experiences you had during that time, the | | | | eye on the company agenda. The combination of |
| businesses you visited, and what you learned about | | | | competence and enthusiasm is often the formula for a |
| the current economy and job market. Show that you | | | | successful interview. |
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