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Personal Presentation

May 27, 2010 By Gayle Howard 26 Comments

Going up? The 30-second Elevator Pitch

Dave the job seeker assured me he had prepared this elevator pitch. “Okay!” I said, “Hit me with it”. He began. “I was born in 1969 in

Filed Under: Communicating, Interviews Tagged With: Communicating, Interviews, Personal Presentation, Prepare Yourself

May 12, 2010 By Gayle Howard 73 Comments

An interview? Don’t panic – have a plan!

Your heart skips a beat as you disconnect the call. A combination of nausea and elation hit you as you turn to your partner wide-eyed,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Interviews, Personal Presentation, Prepare Yourself

April 15, 2010 By Gayle Howard 29 Comments

Cinderella 2014. The Internet isn’t the Solution

Cinderella 2014: Taking a break from hearth cleaning at home, Cinderella scours searchforaprincess.com when she spies the perfect role advertised

Filed Under: Blog, Prepare Yourself, Thinking the right way Tagged With: Personal Presentation, Prepare Yourself, Thinking the right way

February 20, 2010 By Gayle Howard 7 Comments

Facing Facts

Some people have a knack for walking into roles for which they are, on paper at least, entirely unqualified. Passion and wanting it so much it hurts,

Filed Under: Blog, Prepare Yourself, Thinking the right way Tagged With: Personal Branding, Personal Presentation, Prepare Yourself, Recruiting, Strategic Thinking, Thinking the right way

October 8, 2009 By Gayle Howard 23 Comments

What the heck are you doing?

Give someone your undivided attention. It's not old-fashioned to stop multi-tasking for a minute. Manners are what makes us civilised; and they also

Filed Under: Prepare Yourself, Thinking the right way Tagged With: Interview Boo-Boos, Personal Presentation

October 5, 2009 By Gayle Howard 38 Comments

Sabotaging your prospects: cookie-cutter style

As a member of a new community of resume writers and career coaches called the Career Collective, this post is one of many responses to the question,

Filed Under: Prepare Yourself, Thinking the right way Tagged With: Personal Presentation

September 16, 2008 By Gayle Howard Leave a Comment

Communicating your value

Today's question comes from "Peter" who writes: "I am having trouble with giving people a clear understanding of my past experience and key strengths

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August 19, 2008 By Gayle Howard Leave a Comment

Prepare yourself, or right wrongs

https://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=34&aid=147740 Great blog post on Ten Things Great Bosses should know. If you're a manager then face your

Filed Under: Prepare Yourself Tagged With: Personal Branding, Personal Presentation

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