10 Things Every Job Seeker Should Know About the Recruiting Process
Posted on August 25, 2015 by Zan Hogan, One of Thousands of Relationship Coaches on Noomii.
Journalist MATTHEW KOSINSKI interviews me for advice from professional coaching and recruitment perspective for Recruiter.
“The one key thing you should focus on is the confidence you display during an interview. Internal recruiters — intentionally or not — give preference to job seekers who show greater confidence in stressful situations. Recruiters are also more likely to overlook gaps or lack of professional experience in your resume if the interview goes really well and you maintain a calm, but assertive demeanor.
“How do you carry this off when you are faced with a situation designed to make you nervous? There is a surprisingly easy solution: Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist from Harvard, has shown in her research that just two minutes of standing or sitting in a ‘high-power pose’ increases testosterone by 20 percent and lowers cortisol by 25 percent. What this essentially means is that in two short minutes your stress level is dramatically reduced as your confidence level is boosted significantly. When Amy Cuddy delivered her Ted Talk about high-power poses, the video went viral and has changed the way job seekers approach the interview process forever.”
- Zan Hogan
Personal Development Coach
HappyAlley.com
