Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

About 90% of job seekers answer this question wrong. I know this after interviewing 5,000+ people and working as an interview coach.

In this episode, I share what goes wrong and then a template to WIN this question.

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Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi and I Discuss What Managers Look for When Making Hiring Decisions, Investing in Your Network BEFORE You Need It, and How to Prepare for a Job While in College.

Connect with Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirishakuchimanchi/

https://www.instagram.com/womencareerandlife/

https://sirishakuchimanchi.com/

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Hey all! I apologize for some of the fuzziness through parts of this episode. I had background noise that I couldn't edit out. The content is great, and Sergei and Vadim share crucial career info relevant to job seekers TODAY.

Sergei and Vadim run School16, an online education company that helps people break into lucrative tech careers without learning how to code.

Connect with Sergei, Vadim and School16 through the links below!

http://school16.co

https://www.linkedin.com/school/school16

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After shaving her head, traveling the world, and sailing the Atlantic, Jenny Rae Le Roux broke into the top management consulting firm Bain.

Her career has been anything but boring - from tech startups to big corporations to buying real estate and businesses. She now leads Management Consulted, the leading global community for over three million internal consultants and consultants to be.

2023 Salary Guide:
https://managementconsulted.com/consultant-salary/

Management Consulted:
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Emotional Intelligence plays a significant role in smoothly navigating your job interview and career. I'll cover the basics of emotional intelligence, plus examples and real-life applications.

I know this episode is longer and may not be the most thrilling. Understanding this is hard work, but this episode will uncover something that has had an enormous impact on my life, and it can for yours too.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Book
https://a.co/d/gsTko5E

Emotional Intelligence Test (sorry, you have to buy the book new to get the code)
https://www...

Arthur Gopak is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief at AlphaGamma, a business portal for young professionals.

By informing and inspiring people to succeed in their careers, his Amsterdam-based company reaches over 4,000,000 people monthly. Alpha Gamma conducted a survey of over 2,000 HR Directors across North America and Europe, and Arthur shares their findings and how to use them to succeed as a job candidate.

Connect with Alpha Gamma:
https://www.alphagamma.eu/

Opportunity Feed App:
https://opportunityfeed.com/

Your Network is Your Networth Book Mentioned in Episode:
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Adaptability & Change. How To Convey During a Job Interview and Apply to Career

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Finding Career Zen Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-career-zen/id1624063224

https://zengig.com/podcast/

Zengig - Free resources for job seekers:

https://zengig.com/

Watch on Youtube!

https://youtu.be/MTxpY9OP76w?si=Cl_mSYwW9-RC6r81

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Chris Hanna joins us to provide excellent insight on leveraging video to stand out and get hired, creating career strategies now instead of later, and betting on yourself.

chrishanna.ca

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishannashow/

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Connect with Oshri!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshricohen/
https://www.oshricohen.me/

Asri Cohen is a self-taught coder with extensive experience in various programming languages, frameworks, and technologies. He has held leadership positions at startups and founded his own development company. This episode will leverage his experience as a recruiter, entrepreneur, and developer to offer job seekers valuable insights on navigating the hiring process. Asri will share tips on what to consider during your job search and how to strategically craft your approach to land the perfect opportunity.This episode pulls back the curtain...

This episode equips you to answer the "strengths question" with confidence during your job interview. 

Why interviewers ask: They assess self-awareness, alignment with the role, and communication skills. 

The "mirror effect": Knowing your strengths helps you discuss weaknesses constructively. 

3 Strengths to Highlight: 

Aligned with the job description (e.g., detail-oriented for accounting)

From your previous job (e.g., leadership recognized by a past boss) 

Personal strength applicable to work (e.g., perseverance)

Bonus Strength: Align with the company culture (e.g., volunteer for a cause they...

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Use code JOBINTERVIEW75 for $75 off at Inner.U Life and Career.

https://www.inneru.coach/
https://www.instagram.com/laurenzander_coach/

Lauren Zander, founder and CEO of Handel Group, joins "The Job Interview Experience" to offer career advice for both employed and unemployed individuals.

$75 discount for listeners! Use code JOBINTERVIEW75 at Inner.U Life and Career -  https://www.inneru.coach/

For those currently employed:
Don't leave your job without another one lined up. Use your current job as a platform to job search discreetly.
Treat your job s...

It’s not uncommon to carry some myths into our money conversations that inevitably arise when looking for a new role. Kelli Thompson debunks the myths that hold you back from a successful interview and earning more.

Download Kelli's Salary Negotiation Guide:

https://www.kelliraethompson.com/downloads

Closing the Confidence Gap Book:
https://a.co/d/4IktrFt

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Connect with Arthur!
https://www.alphagamma.eu/
https://opportunityfeed.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agopak/
https://twitter.com/GPacHQ

This episode features Arthur Gopak, CEO and Editor in Chief of Alpha Gamma, a business portal for young professionals. Arthur discusses the trends he sees shaping the job markett, including:

The rise of remote and hybrid work models, and their impact on job opportunities and candidate expectations.
The increasing importance of upskilling and lifelong learning in a rapidly changing job market.
The value of personal branding and networking in...

Toward the end of the episode, I give 4-5 examples that YOU can use to talk about teamwork and giving credit to help you stand out far beyond other job applicants.

Teamwork and collaboration make a significant impact on your career. How you interact with and treat others can set you up so others will take you along while their careers grow. Collaborating also impacts the effectiveness of your work and helps you transition into a leader.

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This episode tackles the dreaded "weaknesses" question in job interviews, often seen as tricky and nerve-wracking. But fear not! Host and recruitment expert demystifies it, showing you how to turn it into a strength.

Key points:Mistakes to avoid: Claiming perfection, taking too long to answer, not having weaknesses prepared.

3 winning response styles:
Weakness you're actively improving: 
Shows self-awareness and growth. 
Minor weakness unrelated to the job: 
Highlights honesty without impacting suitability. 
Lighthearted, relatable weakness: 
Breaks tension and showcases personality. 
Remember:  
Display self-realization, self-awareness, humility, and discipline. 
Bonu...

Claudia Miller is a Career Coach and the host of the podcast "Roadmap To The Executive Suite"

Claudia was named one Business Insiders "Top 23 Most Innovative Career Coaches of 2020". She helps people secure dream jobs, with dream salaries, at their dream companies including fast-growing startups, rockstar midsize companies, Fortune 500, and Tech Giants. https://www.claudiatmiller.com/

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Connect with Lakia!
https://hiremdc.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakiaelam/

We discuss the top three mistakes Lakia commonly sees while coaching job seekers, how to rise in your current job instead of just switching employers, taking notes during and after job interviews, why some companies have WAY too many interviews, how to get to the next level in your career when feeling stuck, and much more!

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Part Two of the Soft Skills Series - interpersonal skills. It makes a big impact on your job search, interviews, and where your career can go from there.

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This is a job offer killer - companies are becoming less patient and giving you LESS time and grace. Here are ways to avoid it!

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Watch our interview on Youtube! https://youtu.be/xmc_Ybf6mo0

Christina Curtis is the Founder of Curtis Leadership Consulting based in Denver, Colorado. A thought leader on motivation and goal attainment, she regularly contributes to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today. As an accredited Master Coach with International Coaching Federation—a designation held by only 1 percent of business coaches worldwide—Christina’s clients include Fortune 500 executives and leaders.

Connect with Christina:
https://curtisleadership.com/

https://www.instagram.com/christinacurtisofficial/

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At your interview, you will be asked, "what are your reasons for leaving your job?" or some variation of that. Knowing how to answer without looking bad or communicating the wrong message is difficult, and that's what we'll cover in this episode.

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If you apply for jobs and don't get a first interview, this episode is for you.

I share 14 factors that impact whether or not you get a response, what to do to get past them, and get noticed!

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How a listener used The Job Interview Experience and took their career further than he could ever have imagined. You can to. In this episode, I walk through the success James had, and what he did to make the info I share work for him. Plus, a pump-up message.

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Connect with Pete and Zengig!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petenewsome/
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www.4cornerresources.com/

Pete Newsome is the president of Four Corner Resources, a staffing firm founded in 2005 and winner of Ford's best recruiting firms in America, the Seminole 100 and the Golden 100.

Pete is nationally recognized as a thought leader in hiring and recruiting with two decades of experience and placing over 15,000 candidates. Pete shares his top five things that you should start doing today as a job seeker, his unique way to stand out from the...

Jay Feng is a former Data Scientist with companies like Monster and Next Door. Today, Jay is the founder of Interview Query.

Connect with Jay!

https://www.interviewquery.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/DataScienceJay

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Subscribe to The Improve It Podcast and leave Erin a review while you're there!

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Be the Unicorn Book: 
https://a.co/d/e2h15zL
 

Be the Unicorn Website: 
https://www.vanderbloemen.com/be-the-unicorn

Vanderbloemen Staffing:
https://www.vanderbloemen.com

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Internal interviews. What the right approach and perspective is, how to position yourself, your advantages and disadvantages as a current employee, and more.

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• Traditional interview answers focusing on yourself (commute, company culture) are ineffective.
• Companies hire to solve problems and achieve outcomes.
• Craft interview answers that showcase your skills and how they benefit the company.
•  Use the job description to understand the company's needs and tailor your answer accordingly.
• Quantify your achievements with past experiences to demonstrate impact.
• Focus on being a solution provider, not just someone filling a job title.
• This approach can be used in cover letters and interview responses, even if the specific question isn't about why you applied.
• If you can't connect your skil...

From the Voice Mailbag - The "Interview Arc". The first interview is excellent, but then later interviews go downhill.

In the episode, I walk through the priorities for recruiters for interviews 1 through 3 and what they are focused on. Then, I provide a strategy for YOU to inject energy and information about yourself in each interview to create an exciting experience for the company.

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Two steps to be a solution. Step one is in your cover letter, which gets you noticed. Step two is during your job interview, where you start helping the company before getting hired, and they learn how much they need you.

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Lou Adler is The CEO, and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based Hiring℠ system for finding and hiring exceptional talent.

https://www.louadlergroup.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/louadler/

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Do you realize that common mistakes you make in the workplace - habits many people have, are interview killers? And that once you get a job, the mistakes that are made during interviews can come back to haunt you, or worse?We cover the issues and how to solve them.

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In the first part of this new Soft Skills Series, we're jumping into communication - both verbal and non-verbal. It makes an impact on how people interpret you, your attitude, interest, and more. Learn how to improve your verbal and non-verbal skills to get your career headed in the right direction!

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Chris Fontanella founded Encore Professionals Group is a previous Division Director for Robert Half International and Client Service Director for Resources Global Professionals.

Chris has authored multiple books on careers and is here to help us take control of our job search and careers.

https://chrisfontanella.com/

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Fontanella/author/B092FLBGZ8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_6&sr=1-6&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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Steps to take to learn about the company you've applied to, their people, culture, industry, and more. Please an extra strategy to broaden your options!

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Andres Lares is the managing partner at Shapiro Negotiations Institute and co-author of Persuade: The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions

Andres has led the development of SNI’s award-winning interactive negotiation training, mobile applications, and virtual reality-based applications, and in doing so has multiple patents pending.

Andres also lectures at Johns Hopkins University on sports negotiations. He has been featured in Fox Business, MarketWatch, Business Insider and CNBC.

Connect with Andres Below:

https://www.amazon.com/Persuade-4-Step-Process-Influence-Decisions/dp/1119778514

https://www.shapironegotiations.com/who-we-are/andres-lares/

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