This Is How to Get Your Next Job by Andrea Kay

This Is How to Get Your Next Job by Andrea Kay

Author:Andrea Kay
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


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15 Things You Should

Never Talk About or Say

Before we jump into the 15 things you should never talk about or

say, let me point out three operating principles that will help you

digest and apply the points in this chapter.

Operating Principles

1. Think like Your auDience

Your audience, obviously, is an employer. This is the hardest thing

to do—think like the employer—because your brain is filled with

the things you’re thinking about, including being employed and

happy and making decent money. You’re probably also worried

about making sure you don’t end up in a dead-end job and about

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having a life outside of work. Not to mention what you’ll have for

lunch and whether you’ll run into traffic on the way home.

But you can and must don your Employer Thinking Cap.

Remember what you learned in Chapter 1: The key to success in

job hunting, and in creating a less angst-ridden and more successful

life in general, is to start where things are, not where you think they should be. In this case, you need to start where the employers’ heads are and understand how they will likely react to what you say.

This might be a good time to revisit exactly what they want and

care about. That list (What Employers Look For) is in Chapter 1.

2. masTer Your conTenT, Then go wiTh The Flow

By content, I mean anything you’re planning to share with employers:

# Your professional experience

# Your strengths

# Stories that illustrate your strengths

# Your breadth of knowledge

# How you approach problems

# Why you left your last job and the one before that

# Your reactions to questions about salary, working arrange-

ments, and hours

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no such thing

as a perfect response to any question. There is no exact order in

which to line up your words. Mastering your content is not about

memorizing or using precise wording. It’s about knowing what you

want to say and the point you want to make. It’s about knowing your

content inside and out and being so comfortable with what you want

to say that it is second nature.

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When you have mastered your content and know it cold, you can

have a real conversation and share examples and stories with ease.

You can look at what the moment is calling for, pluck out the details

you want to share, and go with the flow.

3. geTTing a Job is noT The obJecTive oF a Job inTerview

You’ve heard this one before—the critical, prevailing principle I laid

out at the beginning of the last chapter. The one you posted on the

wall. It still applies.

Your objective in a job interview is this: To explore whether the

company and the job are right for you and you are right for the company while presenting yourself in the best possible light. That goes for everything we talk about in this chapter too.

Like the 15 Things You Should Never Do, some of the 15

Things You Should Never Talk About or Say require more explana-

tion than others.



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