subject: Change Your Destiny By Hiring A Job Interview Coach [print this page] A job interview is one of the important objectives of job seekers that can make or mar their career prospects. A job interview is nothing but a way how the candidate or job seeker communicates with the interviewer and if succeeds lands on the desired job position. A job seeker must be a good sales person in order to market his/her inherent skills and experience for the job applied and is on a process of getting interviewed.The only difference between a sales person and a job seeker is that instead of a product or service that is marketed by the former, the latter has to market himself/herself as a service provider.
There are number of techniques and procedures that a job seeker has to implement in order to get the desired job. The right person to guide through this haze of job seeking techniques and procedures is the job interview coach.A certified job interview coachwill help in training the job seekers in presenting and selling their skills and in communicating the points that the candidate needs to emphasize from his/her resume. The following areas are covered by a job interview coach that will help in strengthening the chances of the job seeker in getting hired and these are:
Increasing awareness regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the candidate and helping in overcoming his/her weaknesses.
Preparing the candidate to project confidence and enthusiasm,
Familiarizing about the interview process and the structure of the job interview,
Providing relaxation techniques to reduce tension, stress and induce project professionalism,
Helping the jobseeker in researching and understanding about what exactly the interviewer is looking for.
Helping the candidate in developing questions that should be asked during the interview process and avoiding the questions that should not be asked,
Strengthening the ability of presentation skills and delivery of interviewing answers to tough questions,
Conducting mock interviews and recording them for future references,
Coaching about the body language that needs to be maintained during the interview process that include Maintaining proper eye contact, remaining relaxed and calm, sending positive body vibes etc.
Preparing the candidate to give impressive answers to some of the infamous or complex questions such as Tell me about yourself, What are your weaknesses?
What are the follow up or feed back practices that must be adhered to after the interview process also forms one of the areas of the coach.
Advising on how to negotiate the salary, benefits, bonus etc if the candidate is selected also comes under this preview.
