Practice Speaking

Written by Jeff Altman, CPC, MSW


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And want are firm’s trying to find out about you? Leadership. Honesty. Trustworthiness.

You can practice with a friend or family member but they may not be much better than you. So how do you practice you presentation and get immediate feedback in order to improve your presentation and demonstrate these attributes?

Toastmasters (www.toastmasters.org) offers people an opportunity to practice how to speak throughout their program. Whether you answer extemporaneous questions offrepparttar cuff for 1-2 minutes in Table Topics (“It’s warm! It’s summer! People start to go torepparttar 106999 beach and spending time outdoors. Tell us about a time you had fun atrepparttar 107000 beach, Jeff.” Notice that you only find out when you will speak atrepparttar 107001 end when you hear your name) or by doing actual 4-6 minute speeches, Toastmasters offers concrete opportunities to get used to being “onrepparttar 107002 spot” as happens in an interview. It also gives you an opportunity to observe others and learn from them and fromrepparttar 107003 evaluations that are given.

There are Toastmasters clubs throughoutrepparttar 107004 world. To find one, you can go to http://www.toastmasters.org/find/.

Jeff Altman Concepts in Staffing jeffaltman@cisny.com

Jeff Altman, Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines. For additional job hunting or hiring tips, go to http://www.newyorkmetrotechnologyjobs.com If you would like Jeff and his firm to assist you with hiring staff,send an email to him at jeffaltman@cisny.com.


Effective Communitcation Skills For The Job Interview

Written by Michelle Roebuck


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For example,repparttar interviewer asks, “How would your former employer describe you?”

Your answer would start off as, “My former employer would describe me as…”

When answering a question, keep your answers short and torepparttar 106998 point. If you’re telling a story, keep it simple. The interviewer doesn’t need to knowrepparttar 106999 life history ofrepparttar 107000 people inrepparttar 107001 story. Don’t use slang or a bunch of um’s and uh’s. Remember, you are trying to demonstrate torepparttar 107002 interviewer that you have excellent communication skills. When you use um’s and uh’s throughout your answers, it signals torepparttar 107003 interviewer that you aren’t sure of your answers or you don’t have excellent communication skills.

Practice your answers beforerepparttar 107004 interview. You can’t know every question that he or she will ask you, but withrepparttar 107005 “most frequently asked questions” section of this website, you’ll be more prepared than most people.



Michelle Roebuck provides information on job interview tips and strategies and how to write a resume that gets notice at http://www.job-interview-and-resume-tips.com. Sign up for her free newsletter at http://www.job-interview-and-resume-tips.com/newsletter.html


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