Sunday, October 24, 2010

Presenting yourself in the best light


Explaining why someone should hire you, or introduce you to a friend who is hiring, is not easy and can be uncomfortable. We have learn over the years that bragging is bad. This is different, you are looking for a job and want people know your abilities.
Yes it is uncomfortable to talk about your strengths.

But, You need to sell yourself and you must do it without sounding like a salesperson. Here are a few pointers:

Instead of detailing what's so great about you, tell a story that covers the following:

  • Situations. Explain the problem or situation that you, your unit or your company faced.
  • Tasks. Outline what your responsibility was in solving the problem
  • Achievements. Make clear what you did to meet your responsibility
  • Results. What happened as a result of your achievement? Did revenues increase? Did customer satisfaction improve? Did costs decrease? Use examples that will generate interest with the people you are interviewing with.

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