"Why should I hire you?"
This is the classic question most of us hear during an interview. It's often preceded by the phrase, "I've already interviewed another person for this position who looks perfect." Then comes the killer question, "Why should I hire YOU?"
Be careful to avoid clever retorts or comedic one-liners here. Your interview is serious business and a wrong answer will send you packing. This is, in fact, the one question that interviewers like to ask because the answer can so easily separate the contenders from the also-rans. Give a wrong answer and the large "Game Over" sign flashes above your head.
The 'Story' Approach
What they really want to know is, "How are you different than all the other candidates who have applied for this position?" With this in mind, a good way to approach your answer here is to launch into your best "story" that answers this question, "Will you go the extra mile?"
Why is the employer asking why they should hire you? Because there are only five areas of interest that they have about you as a candidate:
Your skills
Your knowledge about the company
Your manageability
Your affordability
Whether you can go above and beyond your job description
In this day of "lean and mean" operations philosophy, employers are looking for employees who can think bigger and perform duties above and beyond their jobs.
Demonstrate Your Accomplishments
Realize that there will always be competing candidates with a higher skill level, more experience, more education/training, or even a smoother interviewing style. The one equalizer though, is the ability to demonstrate how you have risen above and gone that extra mile to accomplish an important task, complete the job or realize an important goal.
Here, you recant that story of exactly how you worked 60-hour weeks, acquired new skills, or whatever it took to distinguish yourself and meet the challenge head on to successfully make the sale, save the project or rescue a client. If you can monetize (put a dollar value on) the end result, your story will only be that much more dramatic.
Tell It Often
Knowing this ahead of time, it's wise to put in the time beforehand to work on your answer to this question. Pick your best example of how you went above and beyond in your job. Work on your story to perfect it. Set the scene, describe the challenge and describe your role and the successful conclusion. Use this as an example of how you use your particular set of skills in an extraordinary time to "give it your all" and produce a clear benefit to your employer.
Since no other candidate can duplicate your own personal story here, you'll make a memorable impression. Not only that, but quite possibly you'll pull yourself ahead of that "perfect" candidate who preceded you.
As a recruiter, Joe Turner has spent the past 15 years finding and placing top candidates in some of the best jobs of their careers. Author of "Job Search Secrets Unlocked," Joe has interviewed on radio talk shows and offers free insider job search secrets at jobchangesecrets.com.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Big Question: 'Why Should I Hire You?'
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
All about HApp!nEsS
Friday, May 30, 2008
7 Steps to Improving Relationships
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, but it need not always be painful. In fact, we all have within us the ability to sustain relationships even when we deeply disagree. When we reach our breaking point (as we all do), and need to walk away, we can do so in ways that make it more likely that we will come back together.
Here are seven ancient Talmudic steps to follow when confronted with a conflict. They create conversation -- not denigration -- and encourage us to talk about what matters most in ways that hurt the least.
1. Give Yourself a Break
Sometimes you need some distance-some time to cool off and reflect. But it should be just that, i.e., a limited amount of time after which you and the person with whom you are fighting agree to come back together and revisit the issues. A time out can be a great thing, as long as its design is to bring you back together.
2. Respect the Other Person's Dignity
The one whom you are in conflict with should never lose their value as a human being.
The one whom you are in conflict with should never lose their value as a human being. No matter how right you think you are and how wrong they may be, don't deny their dignity; you will do more harm than good.
3. Experience Radical Empathy
We must do everything in our power to identify with the other person and their position before fighting for our own. Simply saying that we understand their point of view is not enough--be able to argue it well and present it as if you shared it yourself.
4. Acknowledge Your Partner's Wisdom
Before we can be their teacher, we must first become their student. We must accept that no matter how wrong someone is about one thing, they are unlikely to be wrong about everything.
Nobody is smart enough to be 100 percent right or dumb enough to 100 percent wrong.
Nobody is smart enough to be 100 percent right or dumb enough to 100 percent wrong.
5. Know that Conflict Hurts Everyone
Appreciate that even when we are doing everything right in handling our relationships, we all pay a price when a conflict unfolds. Being right should not insulate us from feeling the pain that is a part of the conflict in which we are engaged.
6. Look First to Yourself
Even when we are right, we should always ask how we participate in creating and perpetuating the conflict. We all play the blame game sometimes, but it's important to point a thumb back at ourselves before a finger at the other person.
7. Remember, Being Right is Not Enough
Remind ourselves that the only real justification for conflict with those about whom we care is that it addresses an issue, which is central to sustaining the relationship over time. If it's just about being right, then it probably isn't worth it.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Work and Enjoyment
Work.....inorder for you to eat..and enjoy your labor..you have to work....it is important in our daily lives...In every work there are always..advantage and disadvantages..negatives and possitives..in a weak person..he focuses only in negative side of it..while the wise person focuses to both possitive and negative aspects of his work. You can do both work and fun...like me...im working in a computer shop...I`m very..thankful to my boss..Maam Sanda, coz she let me do what I want to do..with her supervision. I` glad to work in this company because I did`nt feel boring...there are many things you can do in computer to cheer up yoursef...like: playing neopets, checking my friendster, chatting in chikka, opening my email and reading comments from Manila Gay Guy..which I subscribe. Through computer, playing and focusing to your work is both fun...as long as you can handle it precisely. There are lucky instances...I had a customer his name is Earl(he wants me to call him) he has a wife working in dubai...and he wanted me to teach him how to sign up in Yahoo..for an email...coz his wife sends the important documents from her email to Earl`s email.. after we finished it all...printing etc..he gave me 50.00 for my tip..i refuse and say thank you...I`m so happy in doing it...coz its part of my work without expecting any return.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
$$ A neW FR!eND $$
Friday, May 9, 2008
+ -- Be Thankful ------
Trust in God...
and who live with joy and confidence .....
are not necessarily the ones who are favored by luck and an easy life.
In fact, often quite the opposite is true;
those who have had to struggle againts the winds of misfortune,
sorrow and defeat often emerge with a strenghtened character and faith.
This happens if we live from day to day with a deep trust in the goodnes of the CREATOR
and the world He has given us....
I love that word..yes struggles and difficulties is one of the ingredient in our life....they tell us to recognize our mistakes, errors and shortcomings in our fellow journeyer...