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.
