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Interviewing Booklet Success Stories
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I used
your interviewing booklet to the fullest. I had a total of 7 interviews
with 3 different companies and received an offer from all three. I had
come a long ways considering I was 0 for 5 in interviews before using
your booklet. The difference was I knew where the employers were going
with their questions and the skills they were looking for as a result
of using your interviewing booklet. I wish you could have seen me, I
was bursting with enthusiasm and confidence. What a difference being
prepared makes. The job I landed is with a company ranked the "11th
Best Company in America to Work For" by Fortune Magazine. I and the
other people who were hired ended up competing against a total of 2,300
applicants! Wow what odds! Thanks again! Mark Fredericks, Investment
Representative
Regina's interviewing booklet is the best there is. It helps job
seekers thoroughly prepare for their interviews. When working with job
seekers I consistently see their confidence go up when using her
interviewing strategies. Job seekers report how impressed employers are
with their interviewing skills...and that translates into more second
interviews and more job offers! Angela Picardo, Job Search Instructor |
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The Interviewing Booklet is written for job seekers
in the
$20,000 to $100,000 + salary range
26 pages include these sections:
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Learn Key Traits Employers
Judge Job Applicants By This booklet opens by
examining a list of 13 key traits that employers look for and judge
applicants by when interviewing them. By understanding these key traits
you'll better understand how employers will assess you, your
personality, your skills, your ability to learn the job and what
bottom-line contributions they think you can provide. Why understanding
these key traits you'll be able to effectively prepare for your
interviews.
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| Determine
If You Will Be Considered A High or Low Hiring Risk Each
time an employer interviews someone and considers hiring him or her,
the employer assesses the risk involved. This section takes you step by
step through the process of understanding if you'll present yourself as
a high or a low hiring risk. It will show you how to turn weaknesses
into strengths, or to de-emphasize them, so that employers perceive
little or no risk in hiring you. |
| Review,
Critique and Graph of an Interview That Failed and How The Next
Interview Was Turned into A Success! This
section uses the 13 key traits as a basis to understand and graph why
an interview failed. By understanding the 13 key traits the job seeker
was able to drastically improve her answers during interviews. Her
interview with the next employer resulted in a second interview and
subsequent job offer. You'll also be guided and given worksheets to
critique and graph your interviews! Understanding the key traits
employers look for when interviewing will help you control and elevate
your image during interviews so that you look well-qualified for the
job and salary you want. |
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Preparing For Interviews --- Know and Understand the 3 Phases of the
Interviewing Cycle Most people fail at interviews
because they do not understand that interviews usually follow a
predictable, 3-phase cycle. The heart of this booklet, takes you step
by step through each phase so that you can effectively anticipate and
prepare for each part of the interview. |
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I: Introductions & First Impressions Many
people discount this introductory phase of the interview yet employers
begin assessing your communication style, confidence level, appearance,
poise and demeanor as soon as you step in the door. This section
provides tips and pointers on how to make a great first impression
which paves the way for interview success. |
Phase
II: The Core of the Interview The
core of the interview is generally spent with the employer asking you
many questions to judge your skills and experience. To ace each
interview it's important that you correctly anticipate the questions
you'll be asked and to develop answers which sell you in the best
light. This section guides you step by step in identifying questions
employers will ask when reviewing your resume; additional questions
they'll ask to uncover your weaknesses; questions they'll ask to assess
your personality, values and coping style; questions they'll ask about
your work history in order to uncover problem areas; questions they'll
ask about your education and extracurricular activities, references,
and your salary history; and questions they'll ask to determine if you
can contribute to the employer's bottom line. As employers work through
the core of the interview they'll use their questions as a means to
gather data and determine if you are worth the salary you want and what
they are offering.
This portion of the interview is where people get in the most trouble.
By not effectively anticipating questions and not understanding where
employers are going--many applicants provide information that damages
their image and presents them as a high hiring risk.
The thrust of this section is to teach you how to analyze the
requirements for any job--not just memorize canned interview answers.
You'll learn how to create specific, targeted answers that market you
best for each particular job. Since most applicants never do this, and
aren't this skilled at interviewing, you'll impress employers and move
to the top level of job candidates.
In addition to employers asking you many questions--you also want to
develop a strong list of questios that you can ask which allow you to
introduce your top skills and actively market them during interviews.
In this way you can exert control over your interviews and keep them on
track--particularly when faced with an unskilled interviewer. So you'll
also be guided in identifying your top skills and then crafting
questions which will allow you to market them! |
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II: Interview Closure This section discusses how
important it is to close your interviews strongly and probe to find out
where you stand, when next interviews will be conducted, and when you
should follow-up. |
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Interview: Follow-Up and Thank You Letters Essential
to job search success is following up after an interview. This section
provides success stories of job seekers who nailed down the job offer
by sending thank you letters and following-up. Many people make the
mistake of sending out thank you letters that could have been written
by anyone. Here you'll analyze effective thank you letters, learn how
to write letters that continue to sell you, remind the employer of your
top skills, and potentially introduce additional skills that can help
you stand out as the top candidate! You'll continue to learn how to use
great design and content to create a thank you letter that gets read
and contributes to your being hired! |
| The 10
Most Common Interview Questions Here
you'll get tips on how to answer the most common interview questions. |
| How to
Use Power Words and Quantify to Present Yourself Powerfully Many
job seekers learn how to use powerful language in their resumes and
letters, yet never speak this way during interviews. This section will
show you how easy it is to elevate your image by verbalizing your top
skills and using power words and quantifying to convey the depth of
your experience. |
| Interviewing
Checklist Here you'll get a chance to
complete a brief but intensive checklist to make sure you are well
prepared for your interviews as well as completing a graph to determine
how well-qualified employers will think you are for each position! |
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