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| 5 Tips To A More Successful Job Interview Posted: 02 May 2012 12:56 AM PDT If you've interviewed for a job you've probably thought about the practicality of trying to tell the interviewer everything you thing she will want to hear. Some people actually appear on autopilot as they run through their interview answers, barely taking a breath to actually listen to the question – before it is even completed. Other people appear so afraid of "silence gaps" that they use endless run-on sentences. Grammar does not appear their strong point. Nervous anyone? Stop, Listen, and RelaxHow many job applicants do you think find that easy? Relax? How do you do that when you are fighting for a job? When you're looking for a new job – you may have been out of work for a while, you may be thinking that you will be losing your job soon by becoming extraneous to your company's mission, or, you may just want a change, but are not sure why. Here are a few questions to consider:
Usually when I talk with job applicants these 3 attributes are most notably lacking and adversely impact an applicant's ability to perform well in an interview. Given the different circumstances that an applicant brings to the job interview it's quite understandable why these 3 (and other attributes) are low. How to Get Your Mojo BackGetting your game (or mojo, edge, or control) back is not difficult – as long as you understand how and why you got in your situation, and how you can change it back. The interview is not the challenge.
# 1. Pay Attention To What Got You Where You AreFor instance, if you are out of work or thinking that you might lose your job, your inner self, your gut, or your subconscious may be telling you that it's your fault that you lost your job – when that may not be the case at all. There are many situations in business where circumstances are not in your control. Related: "See Me" – Is your CV getting you interviews? # 2. Put Your Job Situation In PerspectiveYou have talents, skills, and expertise that are of value to employers. What is it about your unique set of talents and expertise that an employer will need to understand in an interview setting? Understand and communicate. # 3. Become Future-FocusedBased on where you've been, where do you want to go on the next stop of your career? Assess your skills, talents, and strengths and identify what position functions you would like to perform – and more importantly – identify which companies for whom you would like to work and research opportunities with those and similar types of companies. Related: An interviewer's perspective: where does it all go wrong? # 4. Understand Your Talents – And Your Non-TalentsThere's a saying in the recruitment business – know what you're great at – and maximize your efforts to perform job functions that use those talents. There's the other side of the coin less spoken about – perhaps because neither recruiters nor applicants like to acknowledge it. Understand what you can't do well. Be honest with yourself. Try not to become something and do something that is not natural for you. Most importantly – be honest with the interviewer. If working on data, detail, and writing reports is not your cup of tea – acknowledge it. # 5, Look Back To Look ForwardI would expect that, for the better part of your career you were able to manage stressful situations very well based on your own ability to encounter stressful situations and to deal with them successfully as well as being able to step away from the situation (resolved or not) in a way which allows you to move on to other matters. Focus on regaining that talent. You may have misplaced the use of the talent, but you have not lost the talent. Related: 10 MOST STUPID interview questions EVER Successful interviews start with a confident, focused, and in control applicant. Learn how to regain your self-confidence, self-direction, and ability to handle stressful situations. Just as you were successful in work you can be successful in interviews. When you identify how you were successful in the past you can be successful in the future. Did you like this article? Sign up for our RSS, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter Image: "Career Employment Queue of eight hopeful applicants in business attire waiting for interviews./Shutterstock"      |
| Posted: 01 May 2012 05:33 AM PDT These are a sample of some of the questions that have surfaced during the week as a follow-up to my Ford blog last week. What is MDEC and how can it best be used to enhance an online strategy? This was the most common question, along with could it be leveraged by small to medium business as well as large? What is MDEC?To explain MDEC I have to share my Social Business Model. People (Prospects, Customers, Employees, Management) Online x Intrinsic Motivation + Multi-Directional Expression Capability = (Advocates > Evangelists) = Engaged Social Communities > Social Business As you can see my Social Business formula, features Multi-Directional Expression Capability (MDEC) as one of its components. People, are a basic need to all business.
Through-out history, human begins have possessed the ability to express themselves by speech, body language, song, and the written word. Historically this meant we had to physically gather together in groups, large or small, for multi-directional expression to take place. By this I mean more than two people are involved in conversation and people expressing themselves freely and in different ways. With the advent of Online Social Media Platforms that has all changed. Just logging onto your chosen platform allows you to instantly enter a "Mutli-Directional" conversation or dialog. This allows you to exercise your "Expression Capability". For a Social Business Strategy to have success it is my opinion that MDEC activity is the magic dust, one of key drivers and measurement of ROI. When the dynamic content you are sharing with your online community, intrinsically motivates a sustained amount of expression, your online community will engage in a mutli-directional discussion about that dynamic content. They take action and post comments/ tell related stories, upload pictures/video….Coca-Cola now measure "expression rather than impression" as an indication of a campaign success. Companies like Coca-Cola, Ford and Burberry understand that MDEC is the key to increasing their company's share of expressions of interest from online communities. MDEC conversations will develop between customers discussing a company's products/service and the community will call it as they see it, the good and the bad. The trick is to be aware of these expressions and respond to them in a positive and helpful manner. The companies mentioned above all do, so why can't yours. Related: The Multi-Device Digital Omnivore: The Online Future In Focus Can small business benefit too?Yes, is the simple answer. MDEC conversations take place among online communities, the size of the community is irrelevant, large is great but not necessary. Starting with a small community and expanding it by implementing a social business strategy is desirable. It's the quality of the dynamic content which will lead to expressions this helps to build the community loyalty; this in turn helps to increase the companies profile and profit. Can you give examples of how a small business could use the MDEC model to its advantage?Imagine two restaurants in a small coastal town, this town receives a big explosion in population during the summer months, due to the arrival of holiday makers who own summer houses on the beaches near-by. During the holiday season one restaurant is very busy all summer; the other is only moderately busy, why? The answer could be that during the off season, the owner of the busy restaurant works hard on content for the restaurants website and Facebook page. During the off season the busy restaurateur continues to generate MDEC engagement with the summer community, by sharing content, recipes and fun competitions to keep the community aware of the restaurant. The owner's fun and informative dynamic content and gamification effort alone will not sustain the engagement level. The better the edu-tainment element of your content the more expressions it will receive, the bigger and better the share of the "expressions" among the online community in the off season, this will relate directly to them becoming paying customers in the summer season. Result; ROI and profit. Related: Five Potential Digital Futures What level of costs and resources would be required for an MDEC result? |
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