Play To Your Strengths, Interview For The Right Job And Leverage Your Power.

1. Acing the Interview

2. Empower yourself to nail the offer Acing the Interview

3. will you differentiate yourself to call you IN every time! cause the right opportunity from the sea of competition… How And

4. employers’ What are greatest frustrations they want and need ? in securing the person

6. the job you want ? in landing your greatest What are challenges

8. Making an Impact Career Satisfaction Appreciation Respect Development Challenge Recognition Growth Money What would have you lovin’ your work?

9. Defining what the employee needs to do to achieve great performance Spend the time isolating what great performance is in the role Proactively assessing & defining the right behaviors, values, motives, of the right person. Great companies Invest more time And even more time

10. Spend the time researching the companies they are interviewing with Understanding the culture, values and objectives of the prospective new employer Assessing and defining why they are the right fit for the company’s needs. Great candidates And more time And even more time

11. Empowerment Your role is to understand WHY you are the ONE for job …AND Prepare yourself to ACE the interview

12. Identifying what the hiring company’s problems or needs are the solution to these problems. in the role, on the team, & overall. And then to determine if YOU are

15. Personal Inventory Self Assessment • Assess Success Behaviors Bring to the surface the “who” YOU are in the work world • Personality Assessments Identify the core components of YOUR personality and how those traits lead to natural success • Skill Assessments Know what YOU “can do” – what are the tangible skills YOU bring to the job now • Attitudes and Values Isolate your primary motivations for working • Communication, Work Style, Compatibility What are YOUR communication and collaboration styles on the job

17. Is It A Match? Fundamental for career satisfaction • Success Behaviors What are the Success Behaviors needed for a successful placement – are those natural for YOU? • Assessments What are the core components of personality needed in this role and is that who YOU are? • Skill assessments What are the walk in the door skills needed to hit the ground running – do YOU possess those? • Attitudes and values How will the candidate be rewarded and acknowledged in this role and in this company and does that appeal to YOUR core motivations? • Communication, work style, compatibility What is the culture and communication style that will lead to a natural success in this role and is that YOUR natural style

18. write down the similarities / differences know if YOU are really ‘fit’ Maximize Interviewing Effectiveness draw the comparison Core values You Company values talents goals Offerings Job Objectives style

19. will your candidate differentiate YOURSELF to chose YOU – every time ! cause the right opportunity from the sea of competition… How And

21. Power Merging Take the “ thinking work ” away from the employer Roll You Achievements Behaviors Values Work style Communication Motivations Goals Expectations Opportunity Team Company Values Mission Vision Goals

25. The Life Of All Great Companies depends on the people they have inside. is to prepare yourself to empower the ‘ perspective employer’ to CHOOSE WISELY. YOUR JOB

26. Bibliography Good to Great Jim Collins Top Grading Bradford D. Smart, PHD Raving Fans Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles The Truth about Managing People Stephen P. Robbins The One Minute Manager Ken Blanchard Attracting Perfect Customers Stacey Hall & Jan Brogniez Now, GO Put Your Strengths To Work Marcus Buckingham

27. Making an Impact Career Satisfaction Appreciation Respect Development Challenge Recognition Growth Money What would have you lovin’ your work?