Hi everyone and welcome. Thank you for
joining today's Indeed Job Cast on
interviewing. So before we begin, I want
to cover a few housekeeping items
first you are in listen-only mode so you
can hear us but we can't hear you
second we are recording and you'll be
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week or so on YouTube and we'll also
send you that link and finally ask
questions you can post on the indeed
community discussion using the link here
and our team of job search guides will
be answering we have a lot to cover in
this quick webinar a brief overview of
interviewing including a look at
different types of interviews followed
by steps you can take to ace the
interview and time for questions at the
end
I do want to take a moment to
acknowledge that the current situation
we're in is not business as usual. 
Interviewing is already challenging but
with both you and employers trying to
take steps in the best interest of
public health it's even more complicated.
If you want information specifically
about navigating the job search amid
covin 19 you can visit our resources
page at go.indeed.com/covid19-resources We'll also be holding a
special webinar on that topic on March
31st overall it's just important that
you know that you're not alone and we're
here to help you. That said, now I'd like
to introduce a couple of people. First,
today's presenter Taylor Meadows. As an
Indeed Evangelist, Taylor uses his ten
plus years of experience to educate
employers and jobseekers
about what it means to find joy and
meaning through work leveraging in deeds
data and insights to create powerful
strategies for building and fostering
effective teams. Next, Nikki Statz, who will
be providing a recruiters perspective
let me answer your questions. As an
Indeed recruiter, Nikki champions Indeed's culture by working tirelessly to
attract and retain the best people for Indeed and
lastly that's me
Brandy Cohn. As part of Indeed's job
seeker experience team I work to spread
Indeed's mission of helping people get
jobs by building and scaling job seeker
support programs like this
Indeed Job Cast. So with that, let's jump
in!
Take it away Taylor! Hi everyone, it is so
lovely to be here with you today. I know
that we are in the midst of unchartered
territory right now. I know that a lot of
people are experiencing uncertainty and
we've been kind of inundated with bad
news but the good news is that over the
next 30 minutes or so my goal is to
distract you from all of that and give
you some insight as how you can show up
as a desirable candidate to whatever
company that you're applying for and
ultimately let you know that Indeed is
here to help you along the way.
You know, this brings me back to the
turning point that I felt that I had in
my career and knowing that this time we
have right now could be a really
precious period of time to really look
to the future and understand what could
be in store for you. You know back in
2009 during the height of the recession
it's right when I graduated from school
and I had just moved myself across the
country from Columbus Ohio where I'm
from down to Austin Texas and I remember
it being a really tough time to find
work, right...markets were down, people were
really scared and it was really hard to
get a call back and and ultimately I
kind of just felt like I was applying
for anything right because at the time I
was waiting tables but I wanted to
transition into more of a marketing
world where I felt like my my actual
skillsets like and ultimately it was the
advice of my dad that changed my my
outlook on on my career and what I
wanted to do and I wanted to share that
with you today you know he said instead
of just arbitrarily applying for jobs
because they were available. Why don't
you consider organizations or companies
that you've had a personal experience
with that have been meaningful for you
or what's a great customer service
experience you've had that left an
impression on you because why wouldn't
you want to be a part of that? And I
actually was able to recall earlier that
week I
dropped my computer off at the Genius Bar
right and that little old white MacBook
my CD drive went out on and I run it to
death and these people at the bar really
went out of their way to take care of me
and I could tell that they really had a
lot of love for their job and I thought
I would love to be a part of that. But
you know, I didn't have a huge technical
background and I really didn't think
that I could get hired at a company like
Apple right because I had I couldn't
even get a call back from the hotel down
the street. But you know, my dad said to
me, Apple strikes means the type of
company right that would not necessarily
just hire people with technical
backgrounds but people who liked to
interact with people and show passion
for the product and lo and behold that's
exactly what I did I applied for a sales
position in one of the retail stores
part time and honestly it was the best
decision I've ever made for myself. I
never looked at that position as just
working in a retail store. That was me
being the face of one of the world's
most reputable brands and I leveraged
that just getting in the door somewhere
that I respected to set the tone for
myself. So what I would love for you to
do is begin thinking about that kind of
an idea because let me tell you
something... if it wasn't for that
experience I would never be where I am
today. I would never have the opportunity
even to lead this webinar for you and I
think it's really important to note that
during this time specifically, Indeed has
a lot of really great resources for you
to make sure that you're covered so for
those of you who might be new to Indeed
or if you've only you know searched our
site a couple of times in the past, I do
want you to know that we are more of a
job search engine right than a static
board so this is good to know any single
any company right that has come to the
internet and posted a new job, We
automatically will go out multiple times
a day gather that information and bring
it back into our site so that we create
a one-stop shop for all things looking
for a new job. So when you come to Indeed
and you begin typing in that what field,
in that where field, that's where those
jobs are coming from. I want you to also
know that Indeed is a great place to
read company reviews, learn about the
culture and values of companies by
clicking into their actual
microsites is what we call a company
page and it's also gonna be a really
great place for you to be able to upload
your resume because protip I don't know
if you know this but a lot of companies
pay us back end access to actually have
access to our resume database so if your
resume is up there they're going in and
they're typing in keywords of
characteristics they're looking for in
candidates and they're then reaching out
first to let you know hey we have a
position and you seem like the right
type of person. So, if you haven't done
that yet, go to Indeed, create a profile,
upload your resume so that recruiters
can find you simultaneously to you going
out and finding jobs now something that
I want to address and I want to be very
human about this right is that I know
job hunting is daunting. I know that
interviewing can be the worst. We've all
been there before. Even those Indeedians on
the call today right we've all been
we've all been candidates in the past
and it's a lot to take in. It can be
really hard to you know come off as
authentic in an interview when you're
really nervous and that's normal. But
what I want you to know that is that
there are a couple of tricks that you
can employ to really build up your
confidence and I'm gonna run through
them for you. Now, the first thing that I
want you to know, and this is the
research that we've done and Indeed and
especially with you know the clients
that we work with who you know have
their jobs on our site. They get nervous
in the interview process as well. You
know recruiters have some pretty
significant deadlines to meet. Often
times they're recruiting for multiple
different types of people and they have
a pretty grand pressure to find the
right fit, so I want you to remember that.
I think something that you can do as a
candidate is to walk into an interview
and I want you to bring a warm inviting
tone to the conversation because it's
really gonna impact how you're perceived
and it's gonna set the tone for the rest
of the conversation. Now what I wanted
you to be aware of is that there are
multiple different types of job
interviews. I'm going to run I'm gonna
run through them with you very quickly.
So the first one that you can see
here that you might expect is called a
screening interview. Those are typically
pretty short. Sometimes they last you
know either
fifteen minutes, a half-hour. It could vary.  But
these are usually just qualifier
conversations that take place over the
phone to deem whether or not you have
the skills or maybe even the personality
that would be a fit for the organization.
This then will typically determine
whether or not you move on to the next
round. 
Now, behavioral based interviews are very
common they're probably ones that you've
seen in the past and they are typically
the ones that kind of goes something to
the tune of tell me about a time when
you've overcome a challenge or tell me
about a time when this. And those are
pretty standard within the HR space in
terms of you know the types of questions
that are being asked that can lead into
a competency-based interview, which is
very similar to a behavioral based
interview, but it's actually rooted in a
specific competency that recruiters are
trying to get to the heart of. So for
example, if as a recruiter I'm really
interested in finding people who really
excel at compassion, one of the questions
that I might ask is okay well tell me
about a time that you have offered
unsolicited help to a teammate and how
has that impacted your relationship or
the business. Right, it's because I'm
looking to get very specific for a
specific type of competency. Then, of
course, you have panel interviews. This is
going to be when a group of people from
an organization are together at one time
to ask you questions. And then of course
we now have open interviews or hiring
events, which are typically gatherings
where multiple recruiters from the same
company will join on site and then
interview multiple people at one time. 
Now we understand that you are in the
midst will really were on the myths of
working virtually everyone's at home
right now so we expect that in the
coming weeks maybe even in the coming
months a lot of the interviews that
you're going to be embarking upon are
gonna be through video so I wanted to
offer you some insight and some tips
here I that I think it'd be really
helpful for you I mean the first thing
that I want you to be aware of and
really embrace is that environment is
everything it's really important to make
sure that your space is clean that you
have a quiet place to take the call from
and then it's well lit a personal
recommendation if I might um sit in
front of a wood
natural light is your friend think about
when your facetiming with someone or
when you're trying to get like that
perfect like video selfie for your insta
story the same lighting applies it's
gonna make you look more awake and it's
gonna make you feel more confident when
you're actually on the call I want to
make sure that your internet connection
is really good that your audio is
working on your computer your webcam is
good to go these are all things that you
can test ahead of time and when I think
of a clean space I also am referring to
things like your desktop if you are
going to be sharing your screen in any
way make sure that you don't have any
you know bookmarks that you don't want
people to see and that your desktop is
cleaned up so that you can write just
kind of leverage that to your benefit to
showcase right that you are right you
have organized thoughts organized space
organized mine and then it's of course
really important to be dressed for the
role that you're interviewing for and
then you want to make sure that you have
a pen or a notebook handy as well as a
copy of your resume so that if the
employer that you're talking to has
specific questions about experience you
can easily glance down and take a look
and of course make sure that all of your
all of your devices are on silent
because we all know that we get pinged
quite often now we're gonna then spend
the rest of our time talking about
before the interview during the
interview and then after the interview
and some tips that I have for you that I
think it'd be really helpful in these
arenas I'm a very I'm a big believer
huge proponent in preparation it's
really important you all that you need
to get your homework done spending time
educating yourself about the employer
and about the role what I want you to do
is is that when you come across the Job
Description I want you to read it a
couple of times a good job description
is gonna have really important
information in it regarding not just the
role itself but the company and what
it's like to work there there are things
that are easily you know miscible there
so I want you to go back and just make
sure that you you know there are no
holes but if the job description in and
of itself doesn't provide you the grand
amount of detail that you need to make a
decision what I want you to do is make
sure that you're researching the company
leverage indeed for this when you go to
indeed.com
one of the things you can do is if that
very top-left you're gonna see a link
for company reviews this is a great
place to go and it actually typed out
the name of a company if you're wanting
to actually learn about them
specifically because within that page on
indeed they're gonna have things like
videos and photos about life but the
organization reviews about what people
say their experience has been like
we actually have community forums now
where you can see what other questions
people have asked about what it's like
to work there we're starting to
aggregate even more data around what
it's like to interview places what
benefits are available there's a whole
list of really great features that are
available for you there and we're
innovating it all the different all the
time but this is also a great time to go
to Google type in the name of the
company go to their corporate career
site and take a look right to see what
they have there if there's any
information that might be missing and if
this is a retail type of a position once
the world kind of reopens again right
dress for the part and walk in say hello
maybe if it's a restaurant that you've
eaten at that you feel like you would be
a great fit for to work at go in
introduce yourself and begin that that
communication that way okay now I want
you to make sure that you're considering
the role itself and what are not the
company has benefits that are going to
meet your needs I think the first thing
to really kind of talk about are salary
requirements at the end of the day we
all work because we have to and right if
we didn't need to work we didn't need to
earn money we all be on an island living
life very very joyfully somewhere so
it's okay to inquire about salary we are
encouraging employers all the time to
make sure that they have salary
information available on either their
website or in their job postings but if
it's not I think that it's completely
appropriate that maybe in the second
interview you can ask for what the
salary range of someone in that role
might be it might not be a direct hey
how much is this position paid but
asking about a salary range is
completely fair I want you to make sure
that from a benefits perspective right
you're on you're getting offered exactly
what you're looking for um you know to
some an amazing benefit might be child
care services to others it might be
education reimbursement but go through
and look to see right what benefits that
company offer
and then that could maybe help you make
the decision if the role or that company
is right for you right are you able to
work the required hours that are being
asked of is transportation gonna be an
issue to get to and from work right do
you drive are you relying on public
transit and then of course are you
required to do any physical labor if you
can't lift anything heavy it's good to
know that up front it's always a good
idea to have printed copies of your
resumes as well I usually like to have
around five on me on good paper if your
budget allows for that and it's always
great to carry those in some sort of a
professional portfolio or a folder
that's going to keep them you know nice
and flat and safe and protected from any
element right that you might be walking
outside of but make sure that you have
these available and ready if a an
employer asks one of you and needs one
right away I want us to really kind of
embrace this idea of practice right um
preparation is gonna be key I would
encourage you to put together a thirty
second to a one-minute pitch as to right
um who you are what you're interested in
what you're what professional interests
you have you know are you good with data
numbers are you more creative in nature
I think being able to kind of hone in on
this and really articulate the kind of
work that you're looking for is gonna be
really important and then of you know of
course we want to make sure that you're
prepared to answer questions that are
going to be asked for in the interview
and I'm going to give you a couple of
examples of what those are and then of
course I want you to I want you to
prepare questions back to the employer
as well but the one piece of advice that
I want to offer you is to think of maybe
three to five of stories that you can
tell in an interview that could span
multiple different types of questions so
when you're prepping and you're creating
these stories or you're thinking of
these experiences that you've had at
work that have been meaningful I want
you to think of things like you know is
it maybe a challenge that you've
overcome is it a project that you've won
an award for maybe it's a you know a
group that you started that you're
really proud of or a mentor that you've
connected with if you can think of
stories that speak to experiences that
you've had then the actual question
itself matters a little bit less and
you'll be able to flex a little bit more
fluidly into how you're answering the
question and not trying to remember a
script or anything you know is some sort
of a memorized response for those types
of questions so that's a great tip that
one of my mentors gave me that I've used
and it's very very helpful
so then how can you apply all of this to
the actual interview itself right this
is your time to shine and I really want
you to feel confident and graceful in
your interview because I can confidently
tell you that if you have been selected
to come in for an interview you deserve
to be there you deserve to be in that
chair and they want to hear what you
have to say so let's talk about a couple
of things I think that being polite to
everyone involved is necessary and key I
know it kind of sounds right like a
no-brainer but the security guard that
you that you interact with when you walk
into an interview the receptionist that
you you know touch base with or check in
with the hostess who you greet when you
walk in the bartender whoever it might
be that you are introducing yourself to
it very first know that the interviewer
is probably going to go up to them
afterwards and ask what that interaction
was like so I just want to make sure
that that that's kind of in your mind as
well and another pro tip that someone
gave me if you actually do get to an
interview and you get really nervous go
into an interview and do what's called a
power pose quite literally you could
Google power pose interview and whether
or not that's taking a Batman stance or
going full-on Beyonce to feel good about
yourself there are literally studies
that show when you do that it allows you
to kind of psych yourself up and feel
really good about the interview because
we want you to go and feel unconfident
Google that trust me you're welcome here
are so here's a list of some common
interview questions that we do see right
so of course right I just say there tell
me about yourself it doesn't need to be
a an open the floodgates right you don't
have to tell them your full story but
you can give them insight into who you
are as a person in what you're
interested in but the one on this list
that I really want to talk about is that
why do you want to work
so one of the tips that I can offer you
here that's been very helpful for me in
the past is when you're asked to when
you're asked why you want to work for
this company um be sure to have a
research that company's values or their
mission statement and then what I want
you to do is I want you to describe
characteristics about yourself that
match them okay I want you to show that
you've done your homework on who they
are as a business and why you personally
are bringing to the table
characteristics or experiences that are
going to match that and augment it for
them and have it ultimately be mutually
beneficial when you're able to do this
it's a great way to kind of build that
relationship and it's gonna allow you to
stand out from other people so take a
look at the rest of this list and know
that this is going to be recorded by the
way and sent out so if you need to come
back and refer back to this you can we
also have these listed in our job guides
available on the website as well if
you're looking for a more structured
approach this is called the star method
it stands for situation task action and
results this is going to be where you
can kind of craft a very very specific
narrative about something that you've
worked on so what's the context of your
story what was your role in that
specific situation what did you do and
then what did your actions lead to or
what results came from this this is a
great way to be able to showcase those
efforts in a very structured way now
this is I feel is very important for us
right now especially in the economic
climate that we're facing I want you all
to know that regardless of the position
that you've held in the past I don't
care even worked in a hotel in a retail
space in in a corporate environment
right as a public speaker does it
doesn't matter we all have transferable
skills so you know if for example right
you've come from a customer service or
retail a flight attendant background I
want you to know that you have a really
great experience that can be used in so
many different places right that would
speak to right strong communication
sometimes problem-solving customer
service if you've worked in a restaurant
before you're the POS system that you
use to input orders and to manage your
business right that speaks to technology
literacy analytical thinking and
adaptability same thing for corporate
roles so I want you to identify again
write those experiences that you've had
that you're really proud of and that I
want you to think about how you can
apply those same skills in other
industries and have confidence in
knowing that those really are worthy
experiences that you've had and they can
be very beneficial to other companies
even if you do come from a
non-traditional background from what
that company is typically used to and
what I want you to notice is that gaps
in employment exist and they happen in
fact
in the US alone about 90 percent of
working people say that they've had a
gap in their employment in the past so
right if you've left DP maybe a
caretaker for someone you were laid off
maybe you were just let go from your job
because it wasn't a match or you just
took time off for personal interests I
think that being open and honest about
these things is going to be very
important for you but at the same time
right you don't need to go in - right
it's significant detail about it but
having an honest conversation is gonna
show humility and maybe even talking
about things that you worked on during
that employment gap cuz showcase then
how you would employ them when you're
actually then in a role in your new job
ask thoughtful questions everyone loves
to talk about themselves but here's
something to kind of think about the
more questions that you end up asking
the interviewer the less you actually
have to talk in an interview and it
allows the interviewer to see that you
are being very mindful about your
approach to this position and that
you've done your research
so take a look at some of these
questions here again available
afterwards available in all of our
career guides but this could be a great
way for you to showcase specific
interest in the role in a way that
allows them to talk to you and creates
more of a conversational tone in nature
and then following the interview it's
very important for everyone to follow up
make sure that you send a really nice
email thanking the interviewer for their
time in a timely fashion make sure that
you start with the name of the
interviewer right touch base on topics
that you actually talked about which
will allow them to remember who you are
and exactly what you can bring to the
table brevity is key so make sure the
you keep it short and you know close the
letter with your name and your contact
information and make sure of course that
you check that note for for typos a
great tip that I once learned from a
colleague of mine is to proofread your
email from the ground up so start from
the very bottom and then kind of move
upwards and read backwards and it'll be
much easier for you to catch typos or
mistakes because it's not the not the
way that our brain typically reads so
that could be something that can be
great for you but when you're actually
going through and writing the follow-up
this is an example kind of in detail
about what it could look like something
else that I could offer you as well
if you have time or if the situation
allows maybe bring a blank card with you
and on your way out or maybe once you
get down to the lobby maybe you write
these things out with your own
handwriting and then leave it with the
front desk or ask if you can drop this
back off again in your write back up to
the to the office that you interviewed
at it's a really great way to show a
timely response with gratitude and a
personalized fashion in your own
handwriting
so if you haven't done so already I I
want you to go to indeed and create your
free account upload that resume like we
talked about browse positions that are
available for you and that what field
are in that where field there are a
series of great filters on the left hand
side that will allow you to filter out
you know if it's part-time or full-time
if it's salary expectations or current
companies that are hiring it's a great
time to set up job alerts as well so we
can do some of the heavy lifting for you
and provide you email digests with new
jobs that are available that we think
may be a fit and then of course we want
you to research organizations and read
reviews and really get a sense of what
it's like to work there and we're going
to continue to innovate that product
platform for you we have we're going to
be taking all this on the road with us
so go to our website to be able to look
to see what our on-site job market
events will look like of course once the
economy kind of resumes this will be
something really great that you
can be a part of but that kind of
concludes what I wanted to present for
you today I wanted to make sure that we
have time for questions we've had a
couple that have come through I have my
amazing indeed Ian's
here on the line brandy and Nikki as
well to help answer some of these
questions I see that some of them have
come through for them any questions we
didn't get answered please go to indeed
community ask those questions we have
you know people who are on staff to
answer those questions for you and we'll
do our best to make sure that we
accommodate so I believe so this first
question is you know how is interviewing
impacted by coronavirus brandy or Nikki
I think this would be a great great
question if you'd like to take it I'm
happy to jump in thanks Taylor
yeah so as I mentioned earlier there may
be multiple implications of this virus
on the job search or interview process
one would be that employers may pause
hiring temporarily it's possible that
you had a great interview a couple weeks
ago but you just aren't hearing back
because the company is trying to figure
out what to do right now and although
most companies are working on a plan of
action at the moment there are many that
need additional employees to help
respond to this crisis a lot of these
jobs are in the healthcare and public
health fields but there are others in
different industries like communication
professional social workers and
technicians so I'd recommend keeping a
close eye on indeed for these positions
and if employers are hiring you may be
asked not to come on-site for an
interview but to do a phone or video
interview like we discussed earlier so
you can find more information about
remote interviews as well on the career
guide and the most important thing to
remember is that you should be kind to
yourself right now this is a stressful
situation and it's understandable that
you may not be as rested or as polished
as you would what
to be under normal circumstances when
you're searching for a job and
interviewing taking breaks to clear your
mind and you know video chatting with
loved ones are a few ways to ease
tension that you may be feeling and
again if you'd like information
specifically about navigating the job
search I made Co vat19 you can visit our
coronavirus job resources page at
godaddy.com / co vid 19 resources and
we'll be doing a webinar specifically on
that topic on 331 and remember again
you're not alone and we're here to help
you okay our second question is how
should one go about sharing one was laid
off in a previous position well got what
a high recruiter on the phone so Nikki
what is um what do you think is the best
approach for someone maybe who has been
laid off or let go in the past well
thanks so much Taylor ultimately want to
start by just saying when I get on the
phone with candidates I actually
probably will have a more traditional or
standard question of truly you know walk
me through your resume letting you the
candidate drive this conversation and
helping just articulate the strengths
and the ways you contributed to your
previous roles so I may not call out
anything specific in regards to length
of time because I really want the job
seeker to own their experience their
narrative as they tell me why I should
consider them for the role all that
being said though there are some great
talking points in regards to being
honest and making sure you you know tell
that accurate story so in regards to a
layoff if it was a large restructure
there could be simple statements in
regards to sharing to your recruiter
there was a restructure within the
organization and unfortunately my role
was impacted you could also talk about
how the business was going through
changes and there was no longer work to
sustain my position and that helps give
you talking points in regards to a big
instance where a large population was
impacted at your your company but I hope
that these are some talking points that
help and again I I am always excited to
hear you tell your story
and truly be the advocate for why you
should have the role that we're
connecting on and you know if I could
just add to that really quick I do think
that there is something really wonderful
about someone who can share a tough
experience or a challenging life
experience with humility and and talk
about it in a way that they've been able
to learn from it I certainly know that
you know that I've had friends in the
past who you know maybe we're let go
from positions for performance related
reasons or something like that but that
doesn't mean that you're a bad person it
doesn't mean that you're not qualified
for another role I think it's a great
opportunity for you to be able to
showcase you know maybe a mistake that
you made how you grew from it and then
how you're gonna employ that moving
forward Nikki I was I would assume that
as a recruiter you probably would
appreciate that transparency and for
those of us who have experienced that in
the past it's gonna only allow you to
feel more authentic when you're actually
having the conversation absolutely and
again with the statistics of if you
sharing before Taylor of 90 percent
experience in a gap or you know that
could relate to being laid off or other
instances being able to to show that
humble and and again rising and sharing
your story absolutely I love the
articulation there and we will continue
to face you know challenging situations
even in a role once hired so knowing
that someone can navigate that and grow
from it is definitely a positive hmm all
right so the third question that we have
is what do you suggest when your mind
goes blank
during an interview good question and
then what if you're uncomfortable
looking someone in the eye for the
entirety of your answer that is a good
question so first and foremost I would
like to address that we've all been in
this situation before interviewing it
can be very uncomfortable I think that
when you are in a high-stress situation
like an interview right I mean because
it's a lot to take back it's okay to ask
the individual to repeat the question or
quite literally say you know what that's
a really interesting question do you
mind if I take just a minute to
formulate my thoughts around that I
think that it's much better to pause and
take that time than it is to try and
come up with
something that is not true or is
inauthentic so right
therapeutic pauses are very important in
many different situations and that would
be an example of one of them um I think
that you know when it comes to nonverbal
you know communication such as eye
contact I think that you know being able
to look someone in the eye for enough
time to record for them to recognize or
register that your address you know
dressing them specifically it is
important but I don't think it needs to
be a staring contest and so you know
something else that you can do - I
actually learn listen from from my
executive speaking coach is called guide
posting so if you're wanting to give a
couple of answers or if you have an
answer that maybe it's multi-pronged you
know actually non-verbally signing you
know this is the first thing that I did
this is the second thing that I did this
is the third that's a way for you to
kind of use your nonverbal body language
to lean into conversation without having
to look someone directly in the eye the
whole time that's something that has
helped me in the past I mean so some
things that you might be able to try so
I hope that answered your question and
then the last question here is um you
know all these quite you know all these
questions are great thanks but I think
another big thing is nerves so
especially if you've been employed for a
while there's a lot of pressure on each
interview and I know I often find myself
thinking of nerves and how they show and
I don't know I just don't know how to be
more comfortable with myself in an
interview any tips or suggestions
whether before the interview during the
interview to make my nerves a little
less prominent Nikki I'm gonna ask you
four to lean into this one as the
recruiter um you know perhaps what are
some things that you do that you feel
put candidates at ease or what are some
may be additional some additional things
outside of power quizzing that I
mentioned could help out and let me be
the first Steven chair you know I was
nervous as I was getting ready for this
event and and I know it might sound
simple and very you know easy but you
know being prepared telling yourself
that it's okay to be nervous and just
taking some deep breaths
and trying to calm yourself I know you
might here read that we can really own
our feelings and again I don't mean for
this to sound obvious or too simplified
but it is actually what really helps and
works for me whenever I approach a
situation where I know I'll be in a
large setting or even if I talk to a
very senior level stakeholder where
there's no need to be nervous
I just have to tell myself almost my own
little mantra of you know it's okay
calm down take a deep breath again us
being able to own our feelings and again
I know I know this sounds simple and but
it truly can help I also want candidates
to know that well you may feel nervous
please know this is your time to
interview the company and the
opportunity as well you should feel
confident that you've been identified to
come in and really be again truly
considered for the role and so I want
you to feel empowered to know that this
is your time to interview the company
and opportunity as well so maybe that
can also help put you in the driver's
seat a little bit and help calm those
nerves down because it's it's for you to
understand if this could be that right
next career adventure for you as well
and of course if Taylor or Brandi have
anything else to share but it's an
exciting journey I know it can be
adrenaline and nerves but just note that
some simple mantras taking some breaths
wearing your power outfit wearing
something makes you feel comfortable
going into the big interview what will
all be things to help support you on
that journey thank you so much I think
that's great advice so that's our
dog-and-pony for everyone I sincerely
appreciate everyone joining I just want
to reiterate on behalf of my amazing
colleagues here and myself we know that
it's it's a very stressful time right
now but indeed is an amazing position to
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know we have actually seen an uptick in
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employers that you are very familiar
with have come to us and said what can
we be doing to support people who need
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amped up our efforts we just were
addressed by our CEO quite literally
before this call I mean we feel very
confident that we will be not just
leveraging existing resources we have to
help you but we are in the process of
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that are going to be really really
significant for you in your job hunt so
reach out to us I'm available on
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I can do to help you I certainly know I
will and I I speak on behalf of my my
colleagues too so brandy I'll let you
wrap us up and then we'll bit everyone I
do yeah just a reminder that if you have
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