How to Prepare for an Interview

How to Prepare for an Interview

This Months Guest Post comes from Chris from Zazzle Media

Getting a job is incredibly difficult for people of all ages and abilities at the moment, with more and more people finding themselves out of work as firms look to save money. However, should a job come up that you feel is perfect for you, it is important that you make it yours and stand out from all of the other candidates.

While you can present a fantastic CV filled with essential qualifications which meet or go beyond the necessary criteria, you could be just one of a number of potential candidates for the job so it is vital that you perform well in your interview – if you’re lucky enough to get one of course!

To help you to standout in your interview, here are five of the most important tips that will enable you to impress your potential employer and, hopefully, earn you a job!

  • First impressions count. It sounds quite obvious, but first impressions really are the most important in an interview. Employers can take an immediate liking or dislike to someone who turns up looking unprofessional, i.e. dressed informally, unshaven, covered in make-up or wearing too much jewellery. For men, dressing in a suit or at least a shirt and tie is a must, while women should favour a smart dress or blouse and skirt, which will give a professional look, but don’t go showing too much leg or wearing insanely high heels
  • Do your research. If you walk into an interview unprepared, you won’t get the job. It’s a harsh fact, but it is a fact. Do your research into the company, such as the name of the founder, the year they were formed, the name of the boss, a number of their other locations, and, most importantly, what they actually do. Don’t turn up to an ICT interview thinking they just work on computers all day, they do far more than that so find out what it really is and why you can do it better than the other candidates.
  • Answer the questions. A common interview mistake is to start “waffling” and moving away from the topic by saying what you think the interviewer wants to hear. In some cases, they just want you to answer the question they asked. If it’s a short, to the point answer, so be it. Don’t feel the need to pad it out with irrelevant comment
  • Be able to demonstrate why they should employ you. If a job description asks for a good communicator, be confident and give good quality answers, don’t clam up and go quiet. Similarly, if it asks for experience with certain computer software, explain how you’ve used it, why and your thoughts on it, maybe even explaining how it can be used more effectively.
  • Have a positive body language. While it may be your most comfortable way of sitting, a slouched position in the chair will give the impression of someone who isn’t interested. If you sit up straight and look the interviewer in the eye as much as possible, smile and laugh, then it will make them think you could be the one for the position.

Having landed yourself an interview, the most important thing to do is to come out of it feeling as though you’ve done your best. If you’ve answered the questions to the best of your ability and shown them what makes you the perfect candidate, you can do no more. Good luck!

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Can You Use NLP in Job Interviews?

Can You Use NLP in Job Interviews?

 

I am often asked “can you use NLP in job interviews?” and the answer is YES! So many of my clients come to me because they know they have the skills, experience and qualifications to be an effective, proactive and professional employee, but like many others they can’t pass job interviews.

Some people are limited by their interview nervous and lack of confidence, others don’t know how to structure their interview answers and lack the knowledge of sales psychology to use the interview answer as an opportunity to sell themselves to the interviewer. I have met clients who know the basics of passing interviews but lack the ability to use the interview to influence the employer.

We would all agree that the interview is essentially a sales pitch and NLP can give you the upper hand in job interviews, but we have gone one step further. As well as using NLP, you can now learn how to use NLP, Psychology and Hypnotic Persuasion in job interviews.

The 73 Rules of Interview Influence – using Psychology, NLP and Hypnotic Persuasion, will give you the tools to stand out in job interviews, giving you the techniques to access Instant Confidence, while reducing your Interview Nerves. You will learn how to become an Industry Expert, making the employer see you as a valuable commodity.

You will learn the dark side of Sales Psychology, and how to Manipulate the Employer with NLP and Hypnotic Language Patterns. We have took the best from Psychology, NLP and Hypnotherapy and made it relevant to the job interview, giving you the power to kill the competition and to come out on top in these competitive times.

Can You Use NLP in Job Interviews – in the Influencing the Interview Book you will learn a vast amount of NLP techniques including

  • Perceptual Positions
  • Sub-modalities
  • Logical Levels
  • Fast Phobia Technique
  • Milton Model Language Patterns

Remember, this is just a taste of the skills you will learn, as well as NLP you will how to use Psychology and Hypnotic Language Patterns

  • Embedded Commands
  • Yes Sets
  • Re-frames
  • Trance Work
  • Language Patterns

So what to do next? Click the image below and ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW and see the difference this book will make in your next job interview. You are probably already imagining all the hundreds of ways the 73 rules of influencing the interview can be used in your next job interview. I will also let you in on a secret, you can use the same techniques in all the areas of your life from Attracting new Partners to gaining Promotions. From Increasing sales to getting people to Instantly fall under your power.

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Telephone Applications That Get Results

Telephone Applications That Get Results

 

Many job searches like you will be pro-active in their job search, telephoning companies speculatively to gain employment. The speculative telephone application can be a great way for you to open new opportunities, as many other job searchers fail to complete or even attempt this easy job search tactic.

 

Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to Shine

 

On average you will have around 5 minutes to sell yourself to the employer, and most job hunters mess this up by opening with a sentence asking them for a job! I know this sounds like the right technique to use, but it doesn’t work in most cases.

 

This is because the employer isn’t interested in you. And why should they be? They have never met and in most cases never heard of you until this first phone call. To be successful applying speculatively, you need to employ sale tactics to win job interviews, as explained in the new book  

The employer will only recruit you, if you can add value to their organisation which is why you have to open up your conversation stating what you can offer the employer – your unique selling point.

 Your Unique Selling Point

Hopefully you will have many selling points, what you need to do is write them all down. After this research the organisation you would like to work for and get an insight to their values, beliefs and mission. By understanding what the company value you can match this criteria to your selling points, with this knowledge you can open up your conversation stating what is important to you “helping others to achieve their goals” “making advancements in the medical field” “sharing knowledge to empower others” which through your research will also be important to the company.

 

This way you are speaking the employer’s language, once the employer is intrigued you continue to influence them by adding that you are telephoning to apply for the position, and how you would help the company achieve their goals/mission. “I’m telephoning today as I am interested in applying for a position as X in your company; by recruiting me I would XXXX…”

 

This section is together so the employer hasn’t the time to say “unfortunately we have no positions available” without them hearing your unique selling points. And if you become a valuable asset (you wow the organisation with your unique selling point) to the organisation they will have no choice but to interview you, as they will feel intrigued to find out more.

 In 3 Steps

  • Open with your unique selling point that matches the company values or mission
  • Follow this with, why you are telephoning the employer – to apply for a job
  • And finally without leaving a long gap – sell yourself in a quick paragraph summarising why the employer NEEDs you

You can learn how to influence interviewers on a higher level today by reading this newly released book – influencing the interview using psychology, nlp and hypnotic persuasion techniques

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Interviewers use lie detectors test in job interviews

Interviewers use lie detectors test in job interviews

 

With advancements in technology, we are now seeing a shift in the job interview with more interviewers investing in equipment to   find the interview fakes and liars. On average large organisations spend around 40% of their profits on recruitment, often due to rehiring and re-interviewing due to an initial poor choice of candidates.

Can you cheat the Interview?

A lie detector machine can indicate when an interviewee has lied due to sensors picking up slight changes in a person’s breathing rate, pulse, blood pressure and perspiration. The days of lying to the interviewer, to cheat your way into a new position are fading. Employers want to recruit the best and a lie detector can assist employers to make the correct choice.

If you can’t lie to the interviewer, hypnotise them.

 Why cheat and lie, when you can hypnotise the interviewer to offer you a job? Interviewers think they have the upper hand, and this is what a good interviewee wants the employer to believe – this way we can secretly influence, manipulate and persuade the employer to offer you a job without the interviewer knowing what you are doing.

Influencing the interview.

Conversational hypnosis has been created to hypnotise the interviewer through conversation using embedded commands, re-frames, negative commands, yes sets, sales psychology and hypnotic language. All of these techniques, many of which employers would be furious about if they found out how interviewers were using them during the job interview, come from the dark side of persuasion. The new book Influencing the interview has taken the best from psychology, nlp and hypnotic persuasion and made it relevant to the job interview – giving you the interviewee the power. Competition for jobs is at an all time high, candidates have to stand out during the job interview, you need to go above and beyond the old style interview skills used in the 1990’s to win job offer during the hard and competitive times in a recession.

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How to write a personal profile for a CV

How to write a personal profile for a CV

 

The personal profile on a CV is the first section of the CV the employer reads which means your profile has to be targeted for each position you apply for and must make you stand out from the crowd.

To write a profile for your CV, you first need to read the job specification. On the job specification will be a list of required skills and qualities; you need to relate to these essential criteria throughout the CV but especially in your profile.

 Start with a strong opening line

  • ·         With X years experience in XXX
  • ·         Highly qualified in XXX
  • ·         Possessing an excellent knowledge and understanding of XXX

Build on this initial opening line by recording how you added value to the organisation

  • ·         My ability to XXX resulted XXXX
  • ·         By XXXX I was able to achieve XXXXX
  • ·         With an excellent understanding of XXX allows me to XXX

Throughout the profile record a skill and the outcome this has as this shows the employer what you can bring to the organisation

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