Discuss Your Accomplishments During the InterviewWritten by Michelle Roebuck
When preparing for your interview, you need to be ready to discuss your accomplishments. Surprisingly, many people are reluctant to talk about their accomplishments. But this is exactly what interviewer wants to hear from you.Discussing your accomplishments separates you from rest of people applying for job. It helps you stand out and show that you are more qualified than others. Remember, whole point of an interview is to sell yourself to interviewer. He or she needs to know that you are right person for position. Below are some of subjects you need to be ready to discuss during interview. Think of what accomplishments you made in each of these subjects. For last subject, which is about company you want to work for, make sure you do your research on company before interview. If interviewer asks you what do you know about their company, and you don‘t know what industry their in, their mission statement, who their customers are, then interviewer will probably determine that you aren’t right person to represent their company. Here are subjects:
| | Oh No! Not Another Meeting!Written by C.J.Hayden
We’ve all had that reaction at one time or another when someone suggests there should be a meeting to resolve a problem, make a plan, or update each other on our progress. Often, it seems that same topics are discussed over and over, but even though everybody has good ideas, issues never get resolved. Meetings can be an effective way to solve problems, or just a frustrating waste of time. The difference is in how meeting is run. There are five elements needed for a successful business meeting: an agenda, an agreed-upon format, a chairperson, a scribe, and a system of accountability. The meeting agenda should be prepared and distributed in advance, so everyone knows what will be discussed. The chairperson typically prepares agenda, based on input from other participants. It is chair's task to balance what everyone wants to include with reality of what can be discussed in time available. If you disagree over what should be on agenda, call for a vote before proceeding. Every meeting should have a fixed ending time. It’s a law of universe that work will expand to fill time available. An open-ended meeting will run until everyone gets exhausted or there are too few people remaining to make any decisions. Agree on format for meeting before you begin. Will everyone be asked to speak in turn, or will there be open discussion? How much time will be allotted for each topic? Will decisions be made by most senior person present, or by group at large? How will group make its decisions? Must agreement be unanimous, or will a majority vote suffice? The chairperson must actively run meeting. He or she needs to keep proceedings on time, adhere to format, manage interruptions, and stick to agenda. If someone talks too much or gets off track, chair must be able to ask speaker to "bottom-line" what he or she wants to say, or steer speaker back to point.
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