By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses connecting with an interviewer.
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Hi! I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I’m referred to as The Big Game Hunter because I’ve been hunting down leaders and staff organizations for more than 40 years. Now, one of the classic pieces of job hunting advice is to make a connection with the interviewer.
That doesn’t mean you talk about your respective tennis games. Even if that’s something on their LinkedIn profile, that’s something you can file away the name to drop in the course of the interview if it comes up. But what it really means is how do you interact with this person? How do you talk with them as an equal not as though they’re superior and you’re an inferior? So, that’s your whole game plan is to be relaxed and calm with this individual as a peer would be, as a friend would be.
I’m not saying crack jokes throughout but, again, the idea of talking with them as an equal is pivotal for you demonstrating that way of connecting with them. Now, at the end of the day, you may not get hired because you just don’t have the skills that they’re looking for. That’s fine.
But when there’s a tiebreaker, they are looking for that connection. So, when looking for that tiebreaker, they want to see someone who they’ll like being with and who they can trust and that’s really what the connection allows them to do is to feel comfortable with you so that they have a choice between you and the shy one. With equal skills, they’re going to pick you each time.
So, this is Jeff Altman. Hope you found this helpful. Come over to TheBigGameHunter.us. There’s more you can watch, listen to or read to help you find work more quickly.
And connect with me on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com forward slash in forward slash TheBigGameHunter. This is Jeff Altman. Hope you have a great day.
Take care!
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