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  • - Hi ambitious professionals.

  • It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com Career Strategist.

  • I help driven professionals like you

  • to enhance your personal brand

  • so that you can pursue a career you'll truly enjoy

  • and in this video I wanna share with you a few tips

  • on how to demonstrate good body language

  • in an interview setting.

  • This was something that was actually brought up

  • by a CEO client of mine during one of our sessions.

  • He told me how he just recently read an article

  • that talked about the significance

  • of nonverbal communication in an interview,

  • specifically body language and how it impacted

  • the interviewer's decision

  • in hiring the particular candidate.

  • Specifically, this article mentioned

  • that there was an experiment that was done

  • where there were three parties involved.

  • There was the interviewer, there was the job candidate,

  • and then there was an observer.

  • So the observer's job was to watch the interview

  • as it was happening but they couldn't hear

  • what was being said by either the interviewer

  • or the job candidate.

  • And then of course the interviewer's responsibility

  • was to ask the questions to the job candidate

  • and go through the course of the interview.

  • By the end of the interview

  • the observer and the interviewer compared notes

  • and it turned out

  • that they both came to the exact same conclusion

  • about the candidate.

  • They had the same perception, they had the same judgements,

  • and they essentially came up with their own observations

  • of this individual, this job candidate.

  • So what I'm saying is the observer only watched in silence

  • but they came up to the conclusion,

  • the same conclusion that the interviewer did.

  • So what that means is that a lot of the times

  • it really doesn't matter exactly the words

  • that come out of your mouth.

  • It's not so much of an emphasis on what you say

  • but it's more of an emphasis on how you say it

  • and how you're feeling while you're in the interview.

  • Now I don't know

  • if they had a positive or negative impression

  • of that job candidate.

  • I didn't even both asking,

  • but the point is that you need to recognize

  • how important your body language, your energy,

  • and really the vibe that you give off in the interview is

  • because it really does play a role

  • in determining whether you'll move forward

  • in the interview process and get the job or not.

  • So in essence, if you're sending out the wrong vibes

  • but saying the right things in the interview,

  • it still doesn't matter because how you're being perceived

  • is much more than the words

  • that are coming out of your mouth.

  • So here are a few things to keep in mind

  • when it comes to demonstrating positive body language

  • in an interview.

  • Reminder number one, interviewers want to feel at ease

  • and in order for the interviewers to feel at ease with you,

  • you need to feel at ease with yourself.

  • So a lot of people think that when they go into an interview

  • they need to demonstrate their enthusiasm

  • and be overly excited and show a lot of energy

  • and the truth is when you do that it just comes off as fake.

  • It's not as genuine, you're not feeling authentic to them,

  • it really feels like you're putting on a show,

  • putting on a theatrical performance

  • and that's not the point of an interview.

  • If anything, they wanna see someone

  • who can demonstrate their true self.

  • And so the way to do that is to get connected

  • back to who you are,

  • to go back to that centered, connected place within you

  • and then let that confidence come through

  • and let that excitement come through from that place.

  • But it's not gonna be an overly dramatic excitement

  • that's gonna come through,

  • it's gonna be one where you feel good, you're excited,

  • but you feel good about this opportunity

  • and you're gonna go in with that positive mindset

  • and because you're feeling good in yourself,

  • they're gonna feel that energy too.

  • So you have to remember, it all starts with you.

  • You go back yourself, ask yourself am I feeling positive,

  • am I feeling good, am I feeling confident?

  • And if you're not then you have to develop a way

  • to get yourself feeling that way.

  • You have to really practice at feeling good.

  • That's the honest truth 'cause we practice feeling bad

  • over our lifetime growing up into adults

  • and it's really the reverse.

  • You really need to practice feeling good,

  • feeling confident, and allow that to come from within

  • and out into the interview room.

  • Reminder number two, you're the expert so be the expert.

  • You're the expert meaning you have what they're looking for.

  • You have the technical skills, the experience,

  • and the knowledge and the ability and potential

  • to take on this role.

  • So you have to remind yourself of that.

  • A lot of people think that they're going into an interview,

  • ya know it's a competition against other people

  • and they have to fight for their job and they have to,

  • it comes across as desperate basically.

  • But the goal here is to not see yourself in that way

  • and see yourself as someone who has a set of experiences

  • and knowledge and skills that they can make use of

  • as long as they're willing to hire you.

  • So you have to demonstrate to them

  • that you are the person that they're looking for

  • in the sense that you are the expert in your specific field,

  • in your specific role.

  • It's not about being cocky,

  • it's not about being overly confident,

  • that's, ya know the farthest end of the spectrum

  • and it's not about not having any confidence at all

  • but it's about being somewhere in the middle,

  • having that calm, confident tone in your voice

  • and in the way that you present yourself.

  • Reminder number three,

  • be present every second that you're there.

  • This is probably the most important tip that I have for you

  • and that is that you need to really be present

  • when you're going into an interview room.

  • As much as you may have prepared, rehearsed your answers,

  • rehearsed your interview scripts,

  • and really rehearsed all your stories ahead of time,

  • once you're there you need to close the books

  • and really just be present

  • when you're sitting in front of that interviewer.

  • The reason for that is because when they ask you a question

  • they expect for your answer to really resonate with them.

  • They expect that the answer

  • is going to be directly answering

  • that specific question that they've asked.

  • And I can tell you that a lot of people go into interviews

  • and whenever they're being asked a question,

  • because they're thinking of so many things at once

  • and they're thinking about the next question

  • that might be asked

  • that they're not directly giving the answer

  • to the question that's being asked at that point in time

  • the attention and time that it needs.

  • And so what happens is

  • you seem as though you're not really listening to them,

  • you come across as being a little bit frazzled essentially.

  • Like you're not present essentially.

  • You're not connecting with them.

  • And so the most important tip is to be present, be there.

  • They ask you a question, you take it in

  • and then you come up and allow for the right stories,

  • the right words, the right phrases to flow through you.

  • And because you've already practiced it well ahead of time,

  • which I hope you did,

  • then by the time you're in there your subconscious

  • is going to just start bringing the right words,

  • bringing the right stories for you to say in that moment

  • and it'll flow perfectly.

  • But you have to give yourself that space and time

  • and that opportunity to truly tap in and listen

  • and pay attention to the person in front of you

  • but also pay attention to what you feel

  • is the right thing to say at that point in time.

  • So there you have it.

  • My three reminders that will help you to demonstrate

  • the right body language in an interview.

  • So if you're an experienced corporate professional

  • and you're thinking about making a career move

  • and you're wondering what direction you should go in next

  • or you're thinking about improving your resume

  • and would like some help on that or your interview skills,

  • feel free to reach out to me, I'd be happy to help.

  • Just simply go to lindaraynier.com,

  • click under Work With Me, and you can click under

  • either Career Coaching Services,

  • Personal Brand Renewal to Stand Out and Get Hired,

  • or Intuitive Purpose Coaching

  • and decide which one you'd like and we can talk some more.

  • Thank you so much for watching,

  • I hope you enjoyed this video.

  • If you liked it then please give it a thumbs up,

  • share it with your friends, and let them know

  • that this channel is all about

  • helping driven professionals like you

  • to enhance your personal brand

  • so that you can pursue careers you'll truly enjoy.

  • Thanks so much, I will see you in the next video.

  • (upbeat contemporary music)

- Hi ambitious professionals.

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