Phrases That Will Make You More Successful at Work GETTING TO ‘YES’ Sometimes negative coworkers or bosses are simply in a sour (недовольный, “кислый”) mental place and used to saying no. You have the power to get them in a “yes” frame of mind before pitching an idea or requesting something through a series of…
Phrases That Will Make You More Successful at Work #1 Cancel meetings with tact You’ll have to come up with a reason (найти причину) — or tell the actual reason. Excuses already sound, well, excuse-y, so to validate your behavior it’s important to choose the right words. Gary Burnison, author of Lose the Resume, Land…
How to Use Presentation Skills at a Job Interview Tip #7: Control your voice Presenters and public speakers need to have clear, strong, confident voices, and so do you when facing your interviewers. We advise you to drink water before the interview, because your voice may dry out from speaking or from nerves. Watch your…
Tip #6: Watch your body language The interviewers are sizing you up (составляют мнение о вас) by your posture, eye contact, and overall demeanor (манера поведения). And they may decide upon a candidate within as little as seven seconds. In a presentation, the audience also judges you even before you have shown the first PowerPoint…
How to Use Presentation Skills at a Job Interview Effective presentations have been well-rehearsed (хорошо отрепетированы), and the same goes for interviews. Get a friend or colleague to run a mock (тренировочное, предварительное) interview by asking you common interview questions, and ones that you’re likely to be asked based on understanding your audience. Practice what…
Tip #4: Use storytelling to make your resume come to life During an interview, you’ll be asked to give examples of your past work experience. We naturally respond to stories. We feel more empathy for the storyteller, feel more trust in them, and remember stories better than words or images. We show more authenticity (достоверность)…
How to Use Presentation Skills at a Job Interview Tip #3: Create a Call to Action We end presentations with a call to action (призыв к действию). It’s what we want our audience to think, feel, or do after the last PowerPoint slide. Your CTA (call to action) in a job interview boils down (сводится…
How to Use Presentation Skills at a Job Interview Tip #2: Tell the Story of You An effective presentation starts with thinking about its overall structure and creating a story line (сюжет) to guide the audience towards your goal. In an interview, your interviewers are your audience. Sit down and think about your past work…
How to Use Presentation Skills at a Job Interview Tip #1 – Understand Your Audience The audience’s needs and concerns should drive a presentation. In an interview, success means being able to articulate (четко сформулировать) the overlap (совпадение) between the job and your qualifications by understanding your audience. Go beyond (выходить за пределы) researching the company, by also…
Language of Job Applications and Descriptions The tricky (трудный, каверзный) thing about English prepositions (предлоги) is that they’re often not the same as in the Russian language. In this section we’ll focus on expressions with prepositions that you might find useful at work. Here are just a few examples: I specialize in technical translations. – Я…