SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 27
What’s your story and how Yagonna tell it!Leveraging your skills to land the job Steps to “closing the deal” through intentional interviewing
You’ve landed the interview! You’ve networked Your resume Uses quantifiable accomplishments Targets a specific industry or  a specific position Is clear, crisp, and concise You’ve landed the interview – IT’S SHOW TIME….
5 Easy Steps to getting an offer! Define and put dimensions to your capabilities, leadership skills, and attributes. Know the potential buyer of your goods and services.  Demonstrate how your attributes match their needs.  Build rapport. Close the deal!
HINTS & TIPS Sticky  factors Key words Sales & Marketing Repetition and penetration Sales Funnel (it’s a number game) Screen Play Practice! Consistent story Linked-In Resume Interview Key Words
JOEL
1. Define and Put Dimension to Your Capabilities and Attributes You are a business — What is your “good” or “service?” What is your offer? Create a “tag” line? What are the fiveattributes you want your future employer to know (and remember) about you when you leave the interview?  What are your three biggest career accomplishments?
A. You are a business… What do you do? What is your “good” or “service?” Your elevator speech, your tag line….
B. What are the fiveattributes you want your interviewer to know about you? Prove it!  Once upon a time I….__STAR__________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________  _____________________________________
C. What are your three biggest career accomplishments? Traditional Leadership skills including planning controlling and executing.  Measurable P&L contributions – shareholder value, leveraging technology, margins and volume. Non traditional and intangibles such as driving innovation, collaboration, working across boundaries, managing complexity, diversity & inclusion, capturing intellectual properties. 1. _____________________________________ 2. _____________________________________ 3. _____________________________________
2. Know the Potential Buyer of Your Goods and Services  Understand the company’s P&L drivers, its competitors, its suppliers and buyers, and how the “world at large” impacts their business. Gather as much information as you can about the company in these areas: ,[object Object]
Number of employees
Countries in which it operates (is headquartered)
Raw materials (and from whom)
Buyers (what and where)
Competitors—how easy is it to enter their marketplace, why?
What Global economic factors are at play
Who are its Leaders?
Who will you interview with and what positions do they hold?
Any other demographics you can get your hands on,[object Object]
Prepare! Answer each of these questions matching your attributes to their needs ,[object Object]
What are your strengths? Weaknesses? (and what are you doing about them)
What are you going to do for our company? (using past successes and a balanced scorecard)
Describe a time you had to make a decision without all the facts.
Describe a time you made a difference on the bottom line. (don’t’ forget the intangibles!)
Describe a time someone who worked for you was not performing.
Why are you leaving your current position?Rehearse these questions and answers until you are comfortable. Practice!
Practice! In groups of three decide on a company to interview with.  Based on their strategy and current market position what might they need from you to move their business forward.    Next take turns: Sharing your good or service Answering one of the five questions Giving each other feedback

More Related Content

What's hot

Interview Workshop Handout Packet
Interview Workshop Handout PacketInterview Workshop Handout Packet
Interview Workshop Handout Packet
mgentille
 

What's hot (20)

Job Interviews
Job InterviewsJob Interviews
Job Interviews
 
Career Advancement and Transition, Cardea Women's Forum
Career Advancement and Transition, Cardea Women's ForumCareer Advancement and Transition, Cardea Women's Forum
Career Advancement and Transition, Cardea Women's Forum
 
How to succeed at interview
How to succeed at interviewHow to succeed at interview
How to succeed at interview
 
Week 9 preparing and surviving the interview
Week 9 preparing and surviving the interviewWeek 9 preparing and surviving the interview
Week 9 preparing and surviving the interview
 
Your career in pharma
Your career in pharmaYour career in pharma
Your career in pharma
 
8 Secrets to Getting the Job: What to do Before, During, and After the Interview
8 Secrets to Getting the Job: What to do Before, During, and After the Interview8 Secrets to Getting the Job: What to do Before, During, and After the Interview
8 Secrets to Getting the Job: What to do Before, During, and After the Interview
 
Types of interview
Types of interviewTypes of interview
Types of interview
 
Your Career in Pharma
Your Career in PharmaYour Career in Pharma
Your Career in Pharma
 
Interview Handout
Interview HandoutInterview Handout
Interview Handout
 
Interviewing 101!!
Interviewing 101!!Interviewing 101!!
Interviewing 101!!
 
Job interview tips for teenagers
Job interview tips for teenagersJob interview tips for teenagers
Job interview tips for teenagers
 
Talent 3.0
Talent 3.0Talent 3.0
Talent 3.0
 
Process Of Interacting With A Recruiter
Process Of Interacting With A RecruiterProcess Of Interacting With A Recruiter
Process Of Interacting With A Recruiter
 
Next Steps to Go: Kent District Library
Next Steps to Go: Kent District LibraryNext Steps to Go: Kent District Library
Next Steps to Go: Kent District Library
 
Interview Workshop Handout Packet
Interview Workshop Handout PacketInterview Workshop Handout Packet
Interview Workshop Handout Packet
 
Fall 2009 (partial)
Fall 2009 (partial)Fall 2009 (partial)
Fall 2009 (partial)
 
General Tips to Overcome an Interview
General Tips to Overcome an InterviewGeneral Tips to Overcome an Interview
General Tips to Overcome an Interview
 
Success
SuccessSuccess
Success
 
Careers
CareersCareers
Careers
 
Ch. 12 powerpoint careers (1)
Ch. 12 powerpoint careers (1)Ch. 12 powerpoint careers (1)
Ch. 12 powerpoint careers (1)
 

Similar to Interviewing+W Orkshop[1]

Military Transition Job Seeker Guide
Military Transition Job Seeker GuideMilitary Transition Job Seeker Guide
Military Transition Job Seeker Guide
ClearedJobs.Net
 
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
Snag
 
LI Candidate Interview Guidebook
LI Candidate Interview GuidebookLI Candidate Interview Guidebook
LI Candidate Interview Guidebook
bbstaggs96
 
Experienced Worker New Version Revised 3.2.2011
Experienced Worker New Version   Revised 3.2.2011Experienced Worker New Version   Revised 3.2.2011
Experienced Worker New Version Revised 3.2.2011
mythicgroup
 
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: HowSport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
mjb87
 

Similar to Interviewing+W Orkshop[1] (20)

Developing your personal brand
Developing your personal brandDeveloping your personal brand
Developing your personal brand
 
I'm A STEM Graduate, What Now? - First Interview
I'm A STEM Graduate, What Now? - First InterviewI'm A STEM Graduate, What Now? - First Interview
I'm A STEM Graduate, What Now? - First Interview
 
Military Transition Job Seeker Guide
Military Transition Job Seeker GuideMilitary Transition Job Seeker Guide
Military Transition Job Seeker Guide
 
Buyer Seminar 2009
Buyer Seminar 2009Buyer Seminar 2009
Buyer Seminar 2009
 
Job Search Basics 2
Job Search Basics 2Job Search Basics 2
Job Search Basics 2
 
Marketing in the Digital Age
Marketing in the Digital AgeMarketing in the Digital Age
Marketing in the Digital Age
 
The New Rules of Job Search
The New Rules of Job SearchThe New Rules of Job Search
The New Rules of Job Search
 
The New Rules Of Job Search for 2011
The New Rules Of Job Search for 2011The New Rules Of Job Search for 2011
The New Rules Of Job Search for 2011
 
How to land a job faster
How to land a job fasterHow to land a job faster
How to land a job faster
 
Business planning new agents rev 2011
Business planning new agents rev 2011Business planning new agents rev 2011
Business planning new agents rev 2011
 
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
Being a Cultural Warrior: 3 Proven Practices for Driving Engagement and Effic...
 
Business planning topeka
Business planning topekaBusiness planning topeka
Business planning topeka
 
How to write_an_impactful_cv
How to write_an_impactful_cvHow to write_an_impactful_cv
How to write_an_impactful_cv
 
I2 P Small Business Seminar Narrated
I2 P Small Business Seminar NarratedI2 P Small Business Seminar Narrated
I2 P Small Business Seminar Narrated
 
LI Candidate Interview Guidebook
LI Candidate Interview GuidebookLI Candidate Interview Guidebook
LI Candidate Interview Guidebook
 
Personal Brand Marketing
Personal Brand MarketingPersonal Brand Marketing
Personal Brand Marketing
 
Tricks for job fair success workshop pp (2)
Tricks for job fair success workshop pp (2)Tricks for job fair success workshop pp (2)
Tricks for job fair success workshop pp (2)
 
How to Get A Job Without Applying 'Online' and Not Hearing Back - A Step-by-S...
How to Get A Job Without Applying 'Online' and Not Hearing Back - A Step-by-S...How to Get A Job Without Applying 'Online' and Not Hearing Back - A Step-by-S...
How to Get A Job Without Applying 'Online' and Not Hearing Back - A Step-by-S...
 
Experienced Worker New Version Revised 3.2.2011
Experienced Worker New Version   Revised 3.2.2011Experienced Worker New Version   Revised 3.2.2011
Experienced Worker New Version Revised 3.2.2011
 
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: HowSport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
Sport & Leisure Industry - Session 6 - Brands: How
 

Recently uploaded

Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
Victor Rentea
 
Cloud Frontiers: A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
Cloud Frontiers:  A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FMECloud Frontiers:  A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
Cloud Frontiers: A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
Safe Software
 

Recently uploaded (20)

Exploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone Processors
Exploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone ProcessorsExploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone Processors
Exploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone Processors
 
ICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
ICT role in 21st century education and its challengesICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
ICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
 
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, AdobeApidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
 
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost SavingRepurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
 
MS Copilot expands with MS Graph connectors
MS Copilot expands with MS Graph connectorsMS Copilot expands with MS Graph connectors
MS Copilot expands with MS Graph connectors
 
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
 
DBX First Quarter 2024 Investor Presentation
DBX First Quarter 2024 Investor PresentationDBX First Quarter 2024 Investor Presentation
DBX First Quarter 2024 Investor Presentation
 
FWD Group - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
FWD Group - Insurer Innovation Award 2024FWD Group - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
FWD Group - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
 
Apidays New York 2024 - Passkeys: Developing APIs to enable passwordless auth...
Apidays New York 2024 - Passkeys: Developing APIs to enable passwordless auth...Apidays New York 2024 - Passkeys: Developing APIs to enable passwordless auth...
Apidays New York 2024 - Passkeys: Developing APIs to enable passwordless auth...
 
TrustArc Webinar - Unlock the Power of AI-Driven Data Discovery
TrustArc Webinar - Unlock the Power of AI-Driven Data DiscoveryTrustArc Webinar - Unlock the Power of AI-Driven Data Discovery
TrustArc Webinar - Unlock the Power of AI-Driven Data Discovery
 
Spring Boot vs Quarkus the ultimate battle - DevoxxUK
Spring Boot vs Quarkus the ultimate battle - DevoxxUKSpring Boot vs Quarkus the ultimate battle - DevoxxUK
Spring Boot vs Quarkus the ultimate battle - DevoxxUK
 
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected WorkerHow to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
 
Cyberprint. Dark Pink Apt Group [EN].pdf
Cyberprint. Dark Pink Apt Group [EN].pdfCyberprint. Dark Pink Apt Group [EN].pdf
Cyberprint. Dark Pink Apt Group [EN].pdf
 
Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices @ Devoxx UK 2024
 
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdfBoost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
 
ProductAnonymous-April2024-WinProductDiscovery-MelissaKlemke
ProductAnonymous-April2024-WinProductDiscovery-MelissaKlemkeProductAnonymous-April2024-WinProductDiscovery-MelissaKlemke
ProductAnonymous-April2024-WinProductDiscovery-MelissaKlemke
 
Biography Of Angeliki Cooney | Senior Vice President Life Sciences | Albany, ...
Biography Of Angeliki Cooney | Senior Vice President Life Sciences | Albany, ...Biography Of Angeliki Cooney | Senior Vice President Life Sciences | Albany, ...
Biography Of Angeliki Cooney | Senior Vice President Life Sciences | Albany, ...
 
[BuildWithAI] Introduction to Gemini.pdf
[BuildWithAI] Introduction to Gemini.pdf[BuildWithAI] Introduction to Gemini.pdf
[BuildWithAI] Introduction to Gemini.pdf
 
Cloud Frontiers: A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
Cloud Frontiers:  A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FMECloud Frontiers:  A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
Cloud Frontiers: A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
 
presentation ICT roal in 21st century education
presentation ICT roal in 21st century educationpresentation ICT roal in 21st century education
presentation ICT roal in 21st century education
 

Interviewing+W Orkshop[1]

  • 1. What’s your story and how Yagonna tell it!Leveraging your skills to land the job Steps to “closing the deal” through intentional interviewing
  • 2. You’ve landed the interview! You’ve networked Your resume Uses quantifiable accomplishments Targets a specific industry or a specific position Is clear, crisp, and concise You’ve landed the interview – IT’S SHOW TIME….
  • 3. 5 Easy Steps to getting an offer! Define and put dimensions to your capabilities, leadership skills, and attributes. Know the potential buyer of your goods and services. Demonstrate how your attributes match their needs. Build rapport. Close the deal!
  • 4. HINTS & TIPS Sticky factors Key words Sales & Marketing Repetition and penetration Sales Funnel (it’s a number game) Screen Play Practice! Consistent story Linked-In Resume Interview Key Words
  • 6. 1. Define and Put Dimension to Your Capabilities and Attributes You are a business — What is your “good” or “service?” What is your offer? Create a “tag” line? What are the fiveattributes you want your future employer to know (and remember) about you when you leave the interview? What are your three biggest career accomplishments?
  • 7. A. You are a business… What do you do? What is your “good” or “service?” Your elevator speech, your tag line….
  • 8. B. What are the fiveattributes you want your interviewer to know about you? Prove it! Once upon a time I….__STAR__________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________
  • 9. C. What are your three biggest career accomplishments? Traditional Leadership skills including planning controlling and executing. Measurable P&L contributions – shareholder value, leveraging technology, margins and volume. Non traditional and intangibles such as driving innovation, collaboration, working across boundaries, managing complexity, diversity & inclusion, capturing intellectual properties. 1. _____________________________________ 2. _____________________________________ 3. _____________________________________
  • 10.
  • 12. Countries in which it operates (is headquartered)
  • 13. Raw materials (and from whom)
  • 15. Competitors—how easy is it to enter their marketplace, why?
  • 16. What Global economic factors are at play
  • 17. Who are its Leaders?
  • 18. Who will you interview with and what positions do they hold?
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21. What are your strengths? Weaknesses? (and what are you doing about them)
  • 22. What are you going to do for our company? (using past successes and a balanced scorecard)
  • 23. Describe a time you had to make a decision without all the facts.
  • 24. Describe a time you made a difference on the bottom line. (don’t’ forget the intangibles!)
  • 25. Describe a time someone who worked for you was not performing.
  • 26. Why are you leaving your current position?Rehearse these questions and answers until you are comfortable. Practice!
  • 27. Practice! In groups of three decide on a company to interview with. Based on their strategy and current market position what might they need from you to move their business forward. Next take turns: Sharing your good or service Answering one of the five questions Giving each other feedback
  • 28. 4. Build rapport Checking in — at the door, elevator, receptionist — every interaction is an interview Body Language Breathing — while they are talking they are breathing out; Breath out too. Posture — theirs will give you clues to what is important to them. Rhythms — keep beat. Voice — where is their voice (head, chest, stomach). Speak from the same place. Eye Contact — let them lead. In good taste — “Lagniappe” Dress Culture On time / Know your interviewers by name and title Send a handwritten thank you the same day
  • 29.
  • 30. About the business strategy, performance, culture
  • 31. About the job -what is the most important capability / attribute etc. for success in this role? Why?
  • 32.
  • 33.
  • 34. Begin with the End in Mind Your vision- Imagine what you want as if it already exist – open the door to letting it happen —Shakti Gawain Write it down- On ____________________ I will work as a (or at) _____________________ doing _______________ and I will be making $___,___!
  • 35. THANK YOU!   SyndieCassedy President & Founder www.windinsails-hr.com 630 258 9548 1-877 HR4-SAIL Joel Keene    
  • 36. Appendix Looking systemically at the job market Occupational Trends Globalness Demographics Matching yourself with the workplace Your personal vision Profiling Moving Forward
  • 37. Looking Holistically at the Job Search. HEAD HAND & HEART How we feel — What is important to us personally What we know Capabilities — What skills do we have
  • 38.
  • 39. Health Care, such as Home Health Aids, Medical Assistants, Physician Assistants, Personal home care aides, Physical therapist assistants, Dental Hygienists.
  • 40. Network systems and data communications analyst and Computer software engineers.
  • 41. Industries with the largest job growth
  • 43. Consulting services — management, scientific, and technical
  • 44. Medical —physicians’ offices, medical and surgical hospitals; home healthcare service; community care for the elderly; outpatient care; residential mental health and substance abuse
  • 47.
  • 48. Assuming current demographic and economic trends continue, the European Union's share of total global output will shrink from 18% today to 10% in 2050. Japan's share would decline from 8% to 4%.
  • 49. The U.S.'s outlook is brighter than Europe's and Japan's, largely because the American workforce is expected to increase by 31 million workers by 2030.
  • 50. By contrast, the report projects that Europe will have 24 million fewer workers and Japan 14 million fewer than they have today.
  • 51.
  • 52. What Other Trends Might Be Next? Off-shoring — what might be “out of scope?” Personal face-to-face jobs? Skilled craftsman? Aging population / Population shifts Regulatory Changes (SOX) Cocooning and Burn Out (services / meals on demand) Technology — the Internet (identity theft) Energy www.bls.gov career projection stats; occupation outlook including earnings, outlooks and trends, job descriptions etc.
  • 53.
  • 54. Life Purpose: Imagine that your life has a unique purpose—fulfilled through what you do, your interrelationships, and the way you live. Describe that purpose, as a reflection of your aspirations.
  • 55. Tangibles: What material things would you like to own?
  • 56. Home: What is your ideal living environment?
  • 57. Health: What is your desire for health, fitness, athletics, and anything to do with your body?
  • 58. Relationships: What types of relationships would you like to have with friends, family, and others?
  • 59. Work: What is your ideal professional or vocational situation? What impact would you like your efforts to have?
  • 60. Personal Pursuits: What would you like to create in the arena of individual learning, travel, reading, or other activities?
  • 61. Community: What is your vision for the community or society you live in?
  • 62. Other: What else, in any other area of your life, would you like to create?
  • 63.
  • 64. Personal Profiling Mini Profile exercise http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=personal+profiling&btnG=Search http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp http://similarminds.com/test.html