Interview Success Zone

I wanted to share with you an excellent interview skills DVD I came across more than two years ago. Originally it only came as a DVD with a CD that you played on your way to your interview. Now the producers of the package have actually created a bumper package with a number of really [...]

Today I interviewed presentations expert, Beth Harvey, who I often send clients to for a presentation masterclass. Here is what Beth had to say about what to do and what not to do to make a winning presentation in interview ISZ: Hi Beth, thanks for sparing some of your valuable time to share some pearls [...]

INTERVIEW SUCCESS ZONE: Today’s interview is with a master in enterprise and personal marketing systems. C.J. Hayden, all the way from California, USA, is the creator and author of an amazing 28-day marketing system that I use and will soon be facilitating: Get Clients Now! (TM) and co-author of the ultimate job search system Get [...]

A large proportion of my clients ask me whether or not they should include hobbies and interests on their resume/CV or talk about them in interview. Okay, the short answer to this is: YES! In fact I would go as far as saying that during your job application process, talking about your outside activities at [...]

There are some really great ways for you to ensure you don’t get offered the job. And so I thought I’d highlight 7 of them here, and resources I have found on the internet that can help you: 1) Not reading up about your company, and showing an interest in the company’s mission and goals. [...]

Gill Hicks is a well respected NLP expert and Image consultant, and it was through Gill that I first got involved with NLP. Gill consults at the same outplacement firm that I do, helping hundreds of people every year, who have been made redundant, to maximise their chances of success at interviews by making massively [...]

Well it’s Friday night (at least it was when I wrote this article!), and it’s time to relax for the weekend. No more interviews until next week, so it’s time to invest a little time in your personal development! And if you ARE reading this article on Friday night, then you’re truly dedicated to your [...]

Have you ever gone up to someone, and asked them “So John, what do you do?”, and you get an answer like “I’m an accountant”. Don’t you think that’s interesting? The problem with John’s answer here, is that he has just labelled himself, and we all have our own image, preconceived idea or in NLP [...]

Any good salesman will invest time and effort into understanding his buyer’s purchasing needs and the specific purchasing process that the buyer goes through. Understanding the interviewer’s buying process, and mapping your sales pitch across will work wonders. There is a fantastic book that I’m reading about at the moment called “Persuasion Engineering” written by [...]

A couple of days ago, Igor Ajob, (name changed to preserve confidentiality) , one of my clients, came to see me for his final coaching session. You see, David just landed a job with a company within the finance field. He’s happy, so I’m happy! Over the course of his coaching sessions, we covered all [...]