Inspire Guidance Careers Advice

What do you get when you buy a drill?  Do you think you buy a drill to get the drill? Yes you do but why..?  The answer is you do not buy the drill to keep the drill, you buy the drill to get the hole the drill makes!  In other words you by the drill for the BENEFITS the Drill provides to you . Fast forward to your interview... You need to sell the benefits you can bring to the organisation you have applied to. Most Interview candidates sell themselves on the skills and abilities they can bring such as I am good at communication. I am a good team player etc That is all good but you need to back it up with EVIDENCE. Imagine you are in a Court Of Law and present your case. For example... "I am good at communication, I did a sales presentation to x company where I pitched the key benefits of the product in a clear and concise manner and  as I had done my research thoroughly answered their questions confidently. It resulted in x orders which generated x...

One key tip when going for an interview is to be relaxed. However you are in a very stressful situation. So what do you do ? An old Alchemist tip is to use the Crystal Countdown. Read through the instructions several times until you are familiar with it, as you cannot open your eyes to read it whilst doing it.  Close your eyes and spend a minute breathing deeply and relaxing. When you feel centred keep your eyes closed. In your minds eye imagine a TV screen about one foot in front of you just above your eyelids. Keep with it. You are being trained to see with your eyes open. You must retrain yourself to see wit your minds eye.  Next picture on the screen a red number seven (7) If you have difficulty keep practicing. When you see it hold it for a moment, then release it.  Next bring up an orange six (6) then proceed down the spectrum of colours  Yellow (5) Green (4) Blue(3) Indigo (2) Orchid(1)  When you settle on Orchid count from 1-10 withou...