"Sell" yourself into a job

Have you ever thought about, that getting a job has a lot to do with "selling", the product being YOU?
If you think about it, this applies to many situations: when searching for a new partner, when meeting the in-laws, when searching a new appartment and meeting the landlord etc.

As a potential employee you want to "sell" yourself to the potential employer as best possible and convince them that you are the best choice among all the other "products" that have applied for the job. In order to achieve that, you will talk about your good sides (the functionality of the product YOU) and will try not to go in detail about the shadowy sides. Right? You will want to make the good sides as appealing as possible. Or, a good sales person would at least do that for sure.

However, many people don't feel comfortable with selling, especially, when it comes to their own person. Many people are shying away from "selling" themselves properly. As a manager I have been leading interviews with many applicants and it wasn't uncommon that they didn't have a good answer to what their strengths were.

If you don't talk strongly about yourself, who else would? And why would they at all, if you don't? And we are not talking here about pretending and relating false information, but that the message about yourself comes across fast and convincingly.

Change your approach: identify your "selling points", become comfortable with promoting yourself and recognize the blockers around "selling" yourself.

This is what the next workshop for job seekers "Sell" yourself into a job is about.
In addition you will learn how to do "cold calling", (means how to approach somebody you don't know) as it is important to be proactive in your job search. "Cold calling" is a must in the current job-market.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to be guided by a sales whizz on how to try out this new approach in your job search and be successful.

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