Storytelling has become an increasingly popular technique for job candidates to stand out in the competitive job market. Storytelling in job interviews? What is it? It means incorporating a narrative into one’s interview responses, which helps them to showcase their qualifications as well as connect with interviewers on a personal…
Coach or mentor? Nowadays you can hear a lot about coaches and mentors. They are the ones who help employees to succeed and be effective. But in which case are you supposed to turn to a coach and when to a mentor? In this article, we’ll look at this question…
What are your chances that a job interview is conducted by a robot? Can it be possible that one day they will be able to lead an interview, thus replacing the interviewer? If so, the question arises: can they judge, on the basis of a virtual conversation, whether the job…
Eve has been working as a sales representative for a vitamin supplier company for 2 years. Her job involves visiting pharmacies belonging to her area and selling nutrition supplements to them. Unfortunately, pharmacies are not always keen on welcoming Eve, who, therefore has to call ten times as many pharmacies…
You may not notice, but job interviews and public speaking are similar in some aspects. Both job interviews and other types of interviews (a TV interview, too) are a kind of self-presentation situations. Practically, the same is true for the public speech or a lecture. The speakers or candidates “presents”…
Alex would like to change his job. Being uncertain and unaware of the possibilities, he visits one of his best friends to ask for advice. The friend is of course aware of Alex's polite manner, so she advises him to search for an area representative, a sales person or similar…
Attending a job interview as an introvert might be a difficult situation if you have less routine. In such a situation one encounters challenges that make them get out of their comfort zone. This includes for example short ’small talks’, series of questions, focused attention and self-marketing of skills. As…