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How to Prepare your Interview Answers

How to Prepare your Interview Answers

 

 

To pass more job interviews you need to start preparing which means a little work before your job interview will go along way. By following this quick procedure will help you gain more job offers making more money.

 

  • First think about the position you are applying for and ask yourself “what skills and qualities does the employer require me to have?” and make a big list. You now have a list of the employer’s essential criteria.

 

Record your list of essential criteria here

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  • Next take each skill or quality and break down, as an example “Communication Skills – how do you communicate?” –  e-mail, face to face, telephone, fax, body language, sign language, etc. make this list as big as possible, there are no wrong answers be creative add anything you associate to communication (or your essential criteria)

 

Communication e-mail, face to face
   
   
   

 

 

  • Now you have a giant list of criteria and a breakdown of those particular criteria you can now move onto the third stage – paragraphs. All you need to do here is put the breakdown of the criteria into a paragraph (and this doesn’t need to perfect yet)

 

 Let’s use the communication example – remember at this stage the paragraph doesn’t need to read well as we are still in the ideas stage. “I communicate with everyday, over the phone and face to face. When talking over the phone I use my voice tone to build rapport and ask regular questions to ensure the other person is taking onboard what I am saying. When talking to people face to face, I use my body language to increase likeness and watch the other people’s body language and face gestures to check they agree with what I am saying”

 

You are probably thinking of several different sentences you can use for the essential criteria required for your job position.

 

  • The final stage is to add real life examples to your explanation, using real life examples show’s the employer two things; one you understand what their essential criteria is  and more importantly you have implemented in previous roles (which is often taken for you can do that part of the job)

 

Your real life examples need to be related to the position you are applying for. In sales jobs communication skills and rapport building are key essential criteria, so you can edit your above profile using real life sales (or any position) experience

 

“In my previous sales position I was always on the monthly top 10 sales executive’s board often at the top, this is because I understand the importance of communicating with people over the phone. I would often use my voice tone to build rapport with customers and ask customers questions throughout the sales pitch to ensure they were listening to me…..”

 

I would add that you need to re-write your interview answer 3 times to ensure it really sell’s you

 

Finally after each interview have a think about which answer worked well and which answers need improving as passing interviews means you need to understand how to sell yourself through well formed interview answers.

 

If you want to pass more interviews read Tricky Questions, Killer Answers by Employment King

 

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Five jobs that make the Unemployment Line look more attractive

Many of us can relate to that Monday Morning feeling, snoozing the alarm repeatedly, fabricating possible excuses as to why we can’t make it into the office today. However, you should count yourself lucky and spare a thought as you catch your commuter train, with your Grande-Skinny-Latte-to-go in hand – for those working in jobs where the pain/pleasure balance is weighted down on the pain side of the scales.

Five jobs that make the Unemployment Line look more attractive…

  • 1. Clinical Trial Participant

A noble role in which volunteers offer up their bodies to science for the greater medical good..and an undisclosed fee *plus reimbursed transport costs… A seemingly perfect money making opportunity, pop a few pills and sit tight playing X-Box, whilst being monitored by men in white coats. But what are the costs for those not lucky enough to pick the placebo pill?

Mohammed Abdalla, 28, had jumped at the chance of a £2,000 fee for being a guinea pig, planning to use the money to make his family in Egypt financially secure. Things started to go wrong in the trial for a drug to treat Leukemia & Arthritis as Mohammed’s head started to balloon in size. Perhaps he should have heeded the scientist’s warnings as the told of the damage the drug could do to human flesh. No comfort to the man now likened by his own girlfriend to Elephant Man.


 

 

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  • 2. Morbid Make-Up Artist

Top ranking make-up artists can expect to earn up to £3,000 per day for fashion shows, enjoying working with a range of glamorous models, performers and presenters, in a number of colourful setting including film & television sets, theatres, photographic shoots and a little more exotically on the coroner’s slab.

While working as a make-up artist to the deceased as opposed to the living may help you steer clear of client disagreements over make-up choices it can throw up a series of problems aside from the obvious morbidity of the role – specialist thermogenic makeup needs to be used as regular make-up crumbles on dead skin in the absence of body heat to break it down. Not to mention the emptying of bowels, bladder and vomiting of the corpses – grim.

 

  • 3. Unlucky Factory Operative

Glamour, glitz, luxury, high pay, relaxed hours of work – about as far away as you can get from the typical perception of factory work – from working in a refrigerated environment day in day out as part of a team to produce…watercress (Yes, that sprinkling of grass like vegetation you sometimes see on supermarket cafe salads?) – or working as a Quality Controller in a chicken factory to separate the drumsticks from the thighs.

Chicken factory talent must not be sneered at, as abilities can thrive in the most unusual of places – Chicken Factory X Factor  – No, not there.

The ability to survive in the workplace as your body is dragged through a five inch gap in a steel processing machine and to live to tell the tale – now that shows resilience and dedication to an organisation where he is now unbelievably planning to become a Site Supervisor.

 

 

  • 4. Crab Fishing

An industry which averages on average claims one fatality a week and labour that leaves a stench on fish on you at the end of your working day? Sounds like a dream..working brutal 21 hour long shifts in Alaska, the freezing and stormy conditions meaning that injuries are common as well as the risk of falling overboard.

So what is the allure for these crab fishers? The hours? The risk of death? The potted shrimp to take home to the wife? Perhaps the earning potential as they are able to rake in up over an average annual salary of $100,000 over less than a week during the Alaskan crabbing season.



 

  • 5. Cow Head Stroker

Animal care roles frequently top the list of desired careers for little girls and boys throughout the country as they tell Mummy and Daddy of their aspirations to become a Vet or to work in Pet Shop. A relatively unknown career in this field is that of the worker who is entrusted with the task of holding and tenderly stroking a cow’s head as they are artificially inseminated with bull sperm.

Interestingly enough, young boys in Africa can be seen here in a similar role as they are entrusted to blow up a cow’s bottom to encourage them to lactate – yes it is exactly as it sounds.

 

 

 

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101 Life Coaching Questions

  • 101 Coaching Questions

The secret to successful life coaching is the questions you ask as a life coach or are asked by your coach, to help you coach yourself we have written 101 coaching questions.

When reading each question, take the time to wait for your unconscious mind to answer the questions, giving you the answers you need. To really move forward with your life download a FREE extract from Employment King’s online coaching course (limited time only)

Opening the Session

  • What has changed since deciding to make the decision to change your life, career, future, health, relationships?
  • What has been your biggest achievement since we last met?
  • What has gone really well for you for this week?
  • How have you progressed – what did you do differently?
  • What is great about your life this week?
  • How have you grown this week?
  • What did you accomplish this week?
  • What happen last week for you to want to make a change this week?
  • Who else will benefit from what you have learnt and how you have changed?
  • How many positive states have you been in this week?
  • What motivated you to complete last week’s actions and tasks?

Goal Setting

  • What do you want to achieve in your life?
  • By what date do you want to achieve your goals?
  • What is important to you right now?
  • What dreams and fantasies do you have?
  • What would you like to achieve from today’s session?
  • What needs to happen for you to have the best possible session today?
  • If anything was possible what would you want?
  • Describe you at your best or you on your best day.
  • What do you want to happen today, next week, next month and next year?
  • What are you key goals – what outcomes will they bring?
  • How long have you been thinking about this goal or change?

You too can use a life coach to achieve your goals

Building on Success

  • What is working well right now, what keeps you motivated?
  • What can you do more of that will help you move forward?
  • Where are you when you are acting at your best?
  • What do you say to yourself when you are feeling successful?
  • How can you ensure next week is as successful as this week or even more so?
  • If you are aware of the problem, do you know the solution?
  • How would you like it to be known?
  • What’s in the way of your success?
  • What’s stopping you moving forward, how can you overcome this?
  • Have you ever experienced something like this before?
  • What does success mean to you?
  • Are you focused on your goal a 100%?
  • How will you know when you have reached your goal?
  • Is your goal designed to gain pleasure or to avoid pain?
  • Is your goal giving you energy or draining your energy?
  • What will really make the biggest difference in your life?

Options

  • What would work best for you?
  • What options do you have for moving forward?
  • What else could you do?
  • If anything was possible what would be your ideal course of action?
  • Will this choice move you forward or keep you stuck in a rut?
  • How have you handled this situation successfully in the past?
  • Who do you know who has been in a similar situation, what would they do?
  • If you were advising a friend or family member with the same goal/barrier what would you suggest?
  • If you did know what to do what would the answer be?
  • Who else is affected by you, your barriers and your goals?
  • What does your intuition tell you about this?
  • Have you solved problems like this before? What did you do?
  • What is really important to you? Make a list
  • What item on your lift has the most importance?
  • What rules do you have for yourself, which are getting in the way?
  • If you changed your belief about this, what would be possible?
  • Is this a decision or a dream?

Taking the Next Step

  • If you did know the answer what would it be?
  • What question should I be asking you?
  • On a scale of 1 -10 what progress have you made so far in achieving your goal?
  • On a scale of 1 – 10 how motivated are you to carrying out this action to achieve your goal?
  • What can you do to move one more number up the scale?
  • What number on the scale do you want to be at?
  • How will you know when you have reached this number?
  • How can you learn from this problem so it never happens again?

Jumping Barriers

  • What are you not facing up to?
  • What are you pretending not to know?
  • If you did know the answer what would it be?
  • What is the real issue?
  • What would people you know be saying to you right now?
  • What is really important to you?
  • What’s the worst that can happen, and can you handle that?
  • What’s stopping you from taking action? – What can you do to overcome this?
  • Have you set goals before – at what part in the process did you give up? What will you do different this time?
  • Who wouldn’t like it if you succeeded?
  • How can you solve this problem so it never comes back?
  • If you weren’t so scared, what would you do differently?
  • Which step could you take that would make the biggest difference, right now?

Motivation

  • How do you know when you’re really motivated?
  • What is really important to you right now?
  • What would you like people to say about you?
  • When things were going well for you what was happening?
  • When did you last feel energize-what was happening, where were you, who were you with?
  • Which of your core values does this goal meet?
  • What do you believe about yourself? What new belief would most help you?
  • What will you have to give up in order to make room for your new goals?
  • How would your life be transformed if you changed this right now?
  • If you don’t change this, what will it cost you in the long run?
  • What will you add to your plan to achieve your new goals?
  • Are your personal standards high enough to reach your goals?
  • What did you learn in the process?
  • How will achieving your goal benefit you and other people?

NLP Life coaching can you to the motivation to move forward

Action’s

  • What goal is most important to you?
  • What steps and actions are you going to take now?
  • What is your best way forward?
  • What’s the first step you need to take to reach your goal?
  • Which step/option most excites you?
  • How are you going to achieve all your goals?
  • When exactly will you start?
  • Who can help you?
  • What might stop you achieving your goals? What can you do to overcome this?
  • What is the best outcome you can imagine from achieving your goals?
  • What is your strategy to achieving your goals?

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7 Town Planner Interview Questions

Town Planner Interview 

A town planner is a professional role, with an average annual earnings of £30,000-£45,000.

The duties do very depending on the organsiation you work for, but in the main you will be involved in the management and development of cities, towns, villages and the countryside.

The job interview questions will be designed to check if you have the competencies to balance the conflicting demands of the job role, to find planning solutions to problems and to use town planning technologies.

This industry is very competitive and competition will be strong. Preparation, therefore, is key to job interview success. Being able to predict the interview questions will help you to form and practice your interview answers.

Town Planner Interview Questions

Give me an example of when used communications effectively

What is knowledge on planning policies and procedures?

What does the Government localism agenda mean for planning? 

What was the most recent published planning policy?

What does the revoking of regional spatial strategies mean for the ability of the UK to meet house building targets?

What would you do if the IT systems crashed 30 minutes before an important client deadline?

What is your commitment your professional development?

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CV Hints and Tips

On average employers can receive between 200-300 CVs for every advertised job – That’s a lot of competition, so  you need to ensure your CV sticks out above the rest.

Due to the large amount of CVs employers receive, they tend to spend around 30 seconds “skimming” through your CV, quickly making a decision to put your CV in the successful applicants or none successful applicants pile.

If your CV has made it to the successful pile the employer will then re-read each CV in more detail deciding which applicants (5 candidates per position on average) to interview.

The following tips and hints will give you the upper hand on other candidates, some of the tips may seem obvious, but you would be amazed about the amount of job searchers who don’t gain interviews due to small errors:

Always send a covering letter-this will make your CV look more professional:

  • Keep the covering letter on one page

  • Highlight the key skills needed for the job you are applying for

  • Add information about the company you are applying to, as this will individualise your application

  • Ensure your CV looks neat and tidy; no creased corners or coffee stains

Tailor your CV to every job you apply for:

  • Read the job specification and add/change your personal profile and job duties to match those of the position you are applying for

  • Ensure the essential skills, qualities, experiences and qualifications needed for the job role are added to your CV

  • Delete any information from your CV that is not relevant to the job you are applying for

  • If you are applying for several different job roles, use a tailored CV for each job role

Once you are employed, keep your CV up to date, as this will save time in the long term:

    • Change your contact details if you move address or gain a new phone number/e-mail address

    • Add any new training and qualifications that you gain

    • Record any achievements in your current position as you achieve them

Speculative Application

You don’t have to wait for jobs to be advertised, speculative applications are often a quick and easy way to apply for work, and many people don’t use this technique to apply for work.

Go on www.yell.com to find specific companies to which you would like to apply. Once you have the company address send out your CV and a Speculative Covering Letter (see attached Covering Letter PDF) research has shown there is a 40-45% success rate in doing this. My own personal experience has shown that there is a 30% success rate – even if this figure was 20% I would recommend Speculative applications as they require minimal effort, little time and I can personally vouch for their success as I have gained several jobs through this method.

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How Much Money is Your Life Worth?

How Much Money is Your Life Worth?

How much would one extra day alive cost?

First, what is success to you? Success comes in many different forms for many different people, for some success is owning your own business, becoming a millionaire or getting married – what does success mean to you?

Write down your answer ________________________ and then ask “why does X represent success?” as an example why will becoming a millionaire make me successful?  People want money, cars, houses etc because it will make them happy – so I would ask, is being successful being HAPPY?

I would agree having money, owning a business or having 12 cars all have their perks but possessing objects does not guarantee happiness. The good news is that happiness is a STATE and as an NLP Life Coach I can teach you how to access your positive emotions whenever you require.

How much would you pay to live one more day?

Imagine you got ill, and the doctors after several examinations agree that you only have 12 months to live. While sat in the waiting room an eccentric billionaire who overheard your bad news felt sorry for you and offers to give you one million pound to spend enjoying yourself for your last 12 months on this earth.

What would you do with one million pound before you died?

What if you lived in a magical world and you could give back the million pounds and live 1 extra day – would you? One million pound for an extra 24hrs alive?

How about if you could live an extra week? Would that be worth one million pound? How about a month or a year?

What length of life would be needed before you would give up your one million pound? _____________ Why this amount of time?

We all value different things differently, for one person living an extra day is more important then anything else as life is precious. For some having a million pound and all the holidays, new clothes and material gifts that come with having lots of money is more important then an extra day or even a week alive, as some people prefer to have a shorter life with no money worries over a longer life with little money.

Why did you choose the money on the extra days? Because the thought of this life would make you happier then the other option. Once you know what you value and what will make you happy, you can go out and get it, the secret to living life is to do what makes you happy and I would add you first need to understand what will make you happy.

If you want to find and understand what makes you happy, look out for the forth coming Online Coaching Course.

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Procrastination – Does it hold you back?

Procrastination – Does it hold you back?

This article comes from a great Life Coach Sandie Shaw from High Peak Life Coaching – Sandie  specialises in working with women and uses some amazing techniques to boost peoples confidence to help you achieve your goal. if you haven’t already check out Sandie’s website for a free coaching appraisal do so now
Why are some of our best ideas doomed to fail sometimes before we’ve even got started?

You intend to make an important phone call… but then it doesn’t seem so important after all.  You thought you were going to the gym … but some how you never seem to get there.  You were going to clean the car… but, nahh, manana.

Decisions like these are absolutely fine.  We choose one option over another, one after the other and that’s how we make our way through our lives. Procrastination only becomes a problem when we end up later regretting the decision that we made. When we choose a low priority task over a high priority task. When we choose something that makes us feel better in the short term (a fleeting good feeling) over something that will make us feel good in the long term (a lasting good feeling).  When actually, you really did want to go to the gym and now you feel unhealthy and fed-up. Because you really did want to make that phone call and now you’ve missed out on a great opportunity.  Because actually, your car really is a mess and it seriously get’s you down!

Here are a few ideas to ensure procrastination doesn’t spoil your day.
Top tips for beating procrastination.

 

Write your idea down on paper.  When an idea or a personal goal materialises in your mind, capture it and make it real by writing it down. Until you write it down it is just a thought floating around in the back of your mind with lots of other thoughts which could be replaced our shifted out of your mind at any second. Crystallizing your goal in writing will make it real and far more likely to happen.

 

Really know ‘why’ you want to do what you want to do. Look at the value attached to your goal.  Ask yourself, how will my life be improved in the long run if I do this?  How will my life be improved in the long run if I don’t?  Keep focusing on the key benefits of the goal.

 

Really know ‘how’ you will do it. Have a clear vision in your mind about how you will take action on your goal.  How will you make a start?  What will you do next? How will you finish?  Run through the series of events in your mind and picture yourself actually doing it.

 

Recognise any positive intention that could be behind your procrastinating thoughts.  Procrastination is not always a bad thing.  If your thoughts are telling you to stay in and relax when the plan is to go out and see your friends, then it’s worth recognising this second desire. Stick to the plan but compromise by taking care of your conflicting need as the second priority. See your friends the first night and take time out for yourself the following night.  See if you can meet both needs but on two different occasions.

 

If you have a number of things to do, do the most challenging and unpleasant task first. The unpleasant task is the task you are most likely to procrastinate over. Always do the hardest or most unpleasant task first.

 

Avoid getting into a mental discussion about doing the task at hand. Remember, you know what you want to do and why you want to do it and you know how to get started.  Practice saying to yourself  ‘no, this is not up for discussion’ and get started on that high priority task. The more you practice over-riding your procrastinating thought patterns with real physical action the quicker you will be able to handle procrastination next time it rears it’s ugly head.

 

Develop your HFT (High Frustration Tolerance). Lets face it, some jobs are no fun.  Whether this is because we find a task difficult, awkward, boring or tedious, it doesn’t mean that it’s best avoided. We live in a pleasure seeking society, entertainment is a big part of our lives and instant gratification is often in constant supply.  As a consequence, I believe we are losing the ability to tolerate things which do not give us instant gratification and sometimes we develop a low tolerance to frustrating activities (LFT).  Although happiness is our birth-right, it is worth remembering that not everything we do is going to make us feel instantly good. Strengthen your ability to handle frustration and stay focused on the key benefits of doing what you are doing and remind yourself why it’s worth putting up with a little short term discomfort from time to time.

 

Know your goal in terms of your capabilities.  If the goal is too easy you are likely to find it boring – can you make the task more interesting? Can you raise the bar a little higher? Do it quicker? Do it better?  On the other hand, if the task is too challenging, then this might be a sticking point too. How can you improve your capabilities? What resources are available to you? Do you need some help?  Does it have to be completely perfect?  If you can get the balance right between the task at hand and your capabilities, then your task really will just flow.

 
Break down big jobs into small manageable tasks and keep at it, one small task at a time. Remember Michael Lotito the chap who achieved his bazaar goal to eat a whole airplane? (pictured above).  Michael didn’t achieve this by biting off more than he could chew!  He did it one tiny bite-size nibble at a time and kept at it over the course of two years until the whole plane was gone.

 

Tell several people what you intend to do.  Make a pact with people and ask them for their support and encouragement. Get committed to your goal in public – it’s not so easy to procrastinate when everyone is watching you.  Alternatively, find people who are wanting to do the same thing as you and move forward together as a team.

 

Reward yourself every time you beat procrastination and stick to your plan. Beating procrastination IS a big deal and it deserves to be recognised as such. Celebrate your good work!  Celebrate small achievements as well as big ones.  Next time you get stuck you will remember that you can beat procrastination; you’ve done it before, it feels great and you can do it again. Treat yourself, you deserve it!

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Completing job application forms by using the same tricks as authors

Like all authors, when writing a story you need to set the scene and create intrigue “sat alone in a darken room, Stella knew death was upon her…” it is the same principle for job hunters writing a job application form, on the personal profile you need to set the scene and create intrigue “a highly qualified and experienced manger, who in the last 2 years has taken 3 under performing companies and quickly turn them into multimillion pound businesses…”

 

With both opening lines you would have created an image in your mind off Stella and the Experienced Manager, because to make sense of what we read our brain uses images, which means with the right words you can create positive images to ensure you secure more job interviews – keep reading to find out how you can gain more job interviews through your application form.

 

The opening line from the Stella story tells you that this will be a thriller or horror story; already you want to know who Stella is? Why is she sat in a Dark room? How does she know that death is upon her? Is she going to be killed? By whom? Is she old or does she have a deadly disease?

 

Again with your opening line for your application form, you need to write a sentence that catches the employer’s imagination, as they are often fed up of reading the same old information “I’m a good team player who is reliable and flexible…”

 

With the experience manager example above, the employer will be asking: how did you turn these companies around? What did you actually do? Which companies did you turn around? What product did they sell? How did you turn these companies around? Can you turn my company around?

 

The difference between a story and your application form is that with a story you can use your imagination and take the story in any direction you wish and with the application form you have to ensure you meet the essential criteria on the job specification in the experienced manager example, the job specification required: “We are looking for an experienced and qualified manger..”

 

The idea throughout the job profile is to exceed the job specification and create anticipation loops making the employer want to know more about you and how you have achieved such great results “I have the formula to win completive bids which has led me to writing and winning the last 22 bids each with a monetary value of over £2 million pound..” you are now showing your worth to the employer who willing be thinking, I can employ you for £60-£80,000 a year and you can write and win 22 multimillion pound bids – there is no need for a calculator with this sum.

 

This technique can be used in any industry, like I said all you need to do is exceed the job specification criteria, add your worth and keep the employer guessing.

 

Let’s look at a retail job spec:

 

Serving customers, working the till and setting up displays – so the first rule is to explain that you can easily complete this task, then add worth to yourself followed by creating intrigue.

 

“As an experienced sales assistant working for some of the most established retail outlets throughout Europe, I understand the importance of creating eye catching window displays to intrigue potential customers passing the shop window. My window designs are so affective that in the last 12 months, items showcased in my creative windows displays have sold out within a 2 week time period. The success of my dressed windows increase the outlet profit by 50% within 12 months of being employed, which led to me travelling to outlets throughout the UK training other window designers in creative window dressing, this training exercise led to a UK company increase in profits by 37%”

 

You maybe asking why I didn’t mention “serving customers or working the till” by recording “experienced sales assistant working for some of the most established retail outlets throughout Europe” the employer will make a generalisation that I can serve customers and work a till, as any experienced retail sales assistant would have completed these task which means you don’t have to write detailed statements on your CV as you can show your worth by giving general examples and I would with some essential criteria you will need to add detailed examples – but, we will come to this at a later..

 

After reading the initial statement for the sales assistant position, the employer will be asking; how do you display items to increase a massive turnaround in profit and new customers (you may have used live models, you don’t need to tell them that here though as the line regarding the increase in profit will have hooked them) ? What is your secret formula? Will you increase my profits through creative window displays? Can you train my team to achieve the same success?

 

Obviously you cant lie on an application form, what you need to do is think about what you can bring to that organisation, record this as your strength and like all good storytellers create intrigue – we all love magic tricks until we know how to do them. Once you start gaining job interview, I have a powerful interview influencing technique that I will teach you to secure yourself more job offers after each interview, but more on that later….. 

 

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