Tips how to influence your future employer
Your body language always has an effect on the other person. The secret of success is to concentrate on some simple combinations. If you want to appear confident adopt the following combinations: Don’t blink your eyes frequently. Keep your hands away from your face. Don’t lick your lips. Look into the other person’s eyes. Don’t clear your throat frequently.
You have to look calm on the outside, no matter how nervous you might be on the inside. Answer all interview questions professionally, smile, look the human resource person in the eyes and don’t forget to ask questions at the end of the interview. When you ask questions you express interest in the company and the interviewer understands that you did some research.
These tips can be used not only to influence your future employer but to influence your future potential clients (if you are in Sales/marketing). Don’t undervalue the body language. You influence them on unconscious level and for some reason they like you. Let’s say that during a presentation you play a lot with you jewelries or your watch; it makes them feel nervous too.
It’s not just your professional abilities that are being interviewed; this is also a test of your personality. If you are very serious during the interview to the point where you don’t smile, laugh, etc. you may give off the wrong thought. On the opposite side of the coin you don’t want to be a prankster and crack jokes through out the interview. I like to smile often during an interview and if a joke is made I laugh. Show the interviewer that you want to be there.