By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
(From The Archives) Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses the importance of charisma when you interview and explains how you can increase yours. Note: my website is different now. There are no tabs about different services. You can schedule time for coaching through the site, instead of through LinkedIn.
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I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter and I want to talk with you today about building charisma. Now, if you know some of my work, you know that I believe that there are a certain number of qualities that firms look for when they hire. Competence is one, self-confidence, character, chemistry, charisma, all of which to me add up to personal leadership.
Now, how do you add to your charisma? Why is charisma important? Because often, it’s a huge differentiator between one candidate and another and it draws people in emotionally when you interview. So, I want to help you today work on your charisma and talk with you about building some of the techniques that will allow you to be more charismatic in interviews. So, the first thing comes with preparation.
You know, an unprepared person who’s winging it has a degree of uncertainty about them. You can’t be uncertain when you interview. You have to demonstrate complete mastery of your subject on the interview.
So, you have to take the time to prepare. After all, athletes do it. The greats do it.
You think a public speaker hasn’t walked out and rehearsed that speech before they’ve given it? Why do you think that you can just wing it and do extremely well on every interview you do? Even if you’re not hired, you want to create positive impressions because you never know when you run into these folks again. So, preparation is a huge part of presenting yourself in a charismatic way. Another thing is asking great questions.
If you just simply arrive with little more than superficial questions, you’re not going to wind up drawing them in. One of my beliefs and I mentioned this in another video I’ve done, the more they talk, the more they like you. You want to get them talking as much as possible because their belief is you’re interested and you want to appear completely engaged in what you’re doing.
Next, you’ll find that . . . and this comes hand in hand with energy. Energetic people present themselves in charismatic ways and people who use their hands when they talk also appear charismatic. Now, I’ve been trying to illustrate that in a very small screen here to demonstrate my energy and passion using my hands.
Now, in using your hands to speak, I want to be clear, you never block your face. You go to about this level and highest about this level when you use your hands because doing anything to block your face becomes distracted. But keeping it around this level emphasizes points.
You notice how I went to the side here but didn’t block my face. It emphasizes points that you’re making and thus you’re able to demonstrate greater strength and passion for what you do. That brings us to passion.
You know, I know it’s easy to be passionate about things that you love. You may have hobbies or family that you have huge joy about but you have to demonstrate it about your career, too. So, being passionate as you talk about your work is incredibly important.
And finally, you know, optimism. People are not drawn to and people are not magnetic if they sound down and pessimistic. When you talk to downers, don’t you just want to get away from them? Downers, people who are completely negative, people who just want to point fingers at others, complain, moan, piss and moan, excuse my language there, folks.
You want to be someone that draws people into you, who has a magnetic quality. That’s what charisma is all about, that magnetic quality that makes you attractive to others. Employing some of these techniques is a huge way of making people want to hire you because they want to be around you.
Being flat, being dull, speaking in a monotone voice for 30 minutes just makes people want to go to sleep. Is that what you want to do? Of course not. You want to be that charismatic individual that, even if they turn down, it’s hard for them to turn you down because they really like you.
So, this is Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I hope you found this helpful. If you did and you’re watching on YouTube, share it, leave a comment, click the like button.
Do something that lets people know that you like this video. I also want to encourage you to come over to my website which is TheBigGameHunter.us and go explore it. All my videos are also there as well as on YouTube.
A few final things. First of all, if your firm’s trying to hire someone, send me an email at the address below. Let me know who to contact or whether I should mention your name.
I’d love to help your firm staff positions. If we’re not already connected on LinkedIn, send me a connection request. The page is linkedin.com/in/TheBigGameHunter.
Use the address below and you won’t have to use an email to connect with me. Finally, finally, if you have a question about job hunting, congratulations. You’re not alone.
I do a lot of videos to help people with job hunting. But, you know, those are general videos. They’re not tailored to you or customized to you in your circumstances.
I want to help you with your job search. So, if you have a question about job hunting, don’t go to a friend of yours or a former manager. They’re not a subject matter expert on job search like I am.
Become an Insider at JobSearch.Community I’d be happy to answer your questions. Get yourself prepared. I do charge for the service.
I’d be happy to help you. This is Jeff Altman. Hope you have a great day.
Take care
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