Giving Up at “Hello”

Giving Up at “Hello”

At times applicants lose the interview before its even over. Over the course of an interview process many applicants disqualify themselves by having negative thoughts. This is noticed by your interviewer when your voice pitch changes due to the energy or wind thats been taken from you, because you heard a phrase or a description which you think disqualifies you.

Stop !

You bring more attention to the skill set you maybe missing or lack confidence in by doing this. In addition no one wants to hire someone that is so ready to throw in the towel.

Maintain your confidence through out, dont assume, that you are disqualified. You are doing yourself a disservice. There isnt a skill in your profession that you could not master or improve on within a short period of time. Employers want people that are motivated to grow, employees that seek improvement and when hit with a road block, they have the skill set, will, and drive to figure out the solution. No boss wants to just hear about the problem, they also want to hear you have a resolution as well. Maintain this attitude.

If it is experience you lack, make up it with testing and competency results to show that you know your way around the office, or provide work product that employers can relate to. Its your world and how you make it and see it. If you dont see the light, how is your employer going to see it?

At times applicants think, my credit is bad, or that DUI a few years is holding me back, and during the course of the interview, all you think about is why they will not hire me. Instead realize that no one is perfect, and many employers will understand your situation as long as you are honest and can have a confident and justifiable reason, it could simply be, I made a mistake !

We all have, or know a family member or a good friend that has as well, it doesnt make our family or friends bad people or bad employees, they had a bad moment that they are more in the light for than others.

Stay confident, dont allow your weaknesses to hold you back, most times in life we set more road blocks for ourselves than there actually are.

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