nonprofit jobsHave a trusted colleague hold a non-interview conversation with you, and let him or her give you feedback on your tone, pauses and vocabulary. This is the kind of input you need in order to best pace yourself and to modify your usual way of speaking just enough to make you appear even more self-assured, confident and knowledgeable than you do in casual conversation.
By the time you step into the interviewer’s office, he or she has probably already decided that your work history as presented on your resume at least minimally qualifies you for the job. Questions thrown at you will focus both on the projects and programs you have managed as well as your hopes, dreams, and desires. Employers are as much interested in what you have accomplished as they are in what it will be like to work with you on a daily basis.
One applicable concept is The Art of “Enrollment”, which is the ability to persuade or influence others that what you have to offer is the answer to their problems.
By chance more than planning, I have found myself delivering Career Development seminars to MBA students in Massachusetts and California in the past week. The first group with whom I worked were all women wanting to follow an entrepreneurial path, and the second group was comprised of future arts management professionals. The key takeaway [...]
We are following in real time the personal job odyssey of our friend Nicholas and seeing what we can learn from his story. Last week, he almost blew his chances of being considered for a position at a company by being a little too pushy and persistent in his contact. But, by some deft damage [...]
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