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