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Article Overview: Do you have an interview coming up? Betsey explains how "ironing skills" can improve your "interviewing skills".
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Word is out that the economy is growing: sales and profits are
up; businesses are investing in training (always a good sign) and their
infrastructure again. A recent article stated that corporations are choosing to
use the new influx of cash to improve their efficiency (read technology) rather than hire more
employees. So don’t expect the job market to look much better anytime soon.
College grads, the most intelligent and most mobile element
of the workforce, are having just as much trouble finding jobs as everyone
else. This fact refutes the argument that companies are having a hard time
finding candidates with the skills they need. I might wonder aloud if these
bright college grads have the “soft skills” needed to be successful employees,
something I am partnering with Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business MBA
program to improve.
Although my clients are businesses, not employees, as a
rule, I am meeting with about 20 MBA candidates this year, to teach them the
art of resume writing and interviewing. Yes, I am selling out. Normally I keep
my hard-won secrets to myself: what do I really want to learn when I ask about
someone’s favorite job or why they left their last one? Why do I care what
they’ve been praised for in the past? In my case, the answer is “ironing”. Huh?
Let’s use my response as an example. I was praised for my
ironing skills when I was younger. Here’s what an interviewer learns when I
tell them this fact: 1) I am good at it; 2) I like it. And if they ask a
follow-up, like: “What did that praise mean to you?” they could learn that it
inspired me to be even better. Now that is useful information to an
interviewer.
And if they delve a bit deeper in this same vein, the
interviewer can identify my talents and strengths and match them to the
position they are trying to fill. That’s the secret I tell my MBA candidates:
if the interviewer is not smart enough to realize that your strengths match the
talents needed to successfully contribute in this position, you need to make it
clear to them. As far as ironing goes, they can probably deduce that I like to
see my progress. If the interviewer doesn’t deduce it and I know it is an
element of the job for which I am applying, I will absolutely point out that I
see that connection. Anything that comes naturally for me is one less thing
someone has to make me do. And as
Martha would say, “That’s a good thing.”
If you are looking for a job, know you may have to do some
of the interviewer’s work for them. Don’t just memorize answers to the questions
you expect, practice making links between your skills and talents and the
talents it takes to be successful in the job you want. You are probably already
doing it unconsciously: be conscious during the interview and your chances of
being hired improve.
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