The critical piece of success in an interview
Interview tips July 5th, 2008Sharing success stories comfortably when asked questions by the interviewer is typically the determining factor whether or not we will be offered a position. Success stories are an interesting and compelling way to share our value, skills and strengths.
What are success stories? Think of the acronym “CARS”
- C – challenge
- A – action you took
- R – results
- S – strength it shows you have
What are some success stories you’ve experienced? Sometimes they’re hard to come up with, aren’t they?!
Kathy Hansen, A Storied Career, explained companies successfully use storytelling to market their products. Interestingly, the same concept of storytelling using success stories works well when marketing oneself.
“Just as customers are inclined to participate when they can see themselves in marketing stories, employers are inclined to participate (by hiring the candidate) when they see themselves in the job-seeker’s story,” wrote Meg Guiseppi.
Rick Saia, CPRW, writes in the Career Management Alliance blog, “One suggestion: Keep a running ‘career diary’ or journal in which you document the situation or task, along with the action you took and the result. Time tends to erode one’s memory of a particularly notable situation, so keeping a diary allows you to refer back to it when it’s time to look for that next career opportunity.”
I’d love to hear what you’re doing with your success stories and how you keep track of them! Also, if you new at keeping track of success stories, write me how you are going to start recording them!
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