How to best sell yourself at a recruitment fair?
4 October 2010
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In a job or recruitment fair, you only have a few minutes to attract the recruiter and impress them. Indeed, not only are you not alone, but the fair is not the ideal place for a long exchange (noise, standing position, or uncomfortable...).
Presenting an attractive service offer in 3 minutes
Prefer a "skills-based" presentation to one where you go through your entire career, position by position. The risk of such a presentation is boring your listener and getting lost in details that will interfere with your communication.
A "skills-based" presentation is much more concise, dynamic and engaging.
Your message could be structured as follows: your name, your most important degree, your experience (e.g., 10 years of experience in sales in the agri-food sector), your project and your motivation for the company in question, your 3 key skills or strengths, achievements or concrete examples illustrating these key skills.
Know that your listener will only retain 20% of what you tell them, so ask yourself what the main key messages are that you want to get across, the famous 20%. The rest is the packaging, the gift wrap! Don't hesitate to repeat your key arguments several times (even in this short 3-minute time!).
Illustrate your strengths with concrete examples that will give weight to your argument while allowing your listener to imagine you in the position.
Non-verbal communication is essential in such a short exchange, so don't forget the basics: look your listener in the eye, smile, put life and enthusiasm into your presentation!
Offer only the best of your professional identity: you are telling a story, it's your story and it's "the best story in the world"! If you don't believe it, the recruiter won't either!
End this short presentation by telling the recruiter that you would be delighted to continue this exchange during a longer interview after the fair, and leave them above all with the image of you as an efficient person.
Don't systematically leave a CV that might get lost among others. Only do so if asked or if there is clearly a position to be filled at the time of the fair and your profile is a good match.
Tip: In a job interview, Pareto's law also applies: 80% of the recruiter's choice is made in the first 20 seconds, and you only have one 20 seconds to impress them and no chance to have others with the same recruiter.
Posted on October 4, 2010
job-hebdo.com
Presenting an attractive service offer in 3 minutes
Prefer a "skills-based" presentation to one where you go through your entire career, position by position. The risk of such a presentation is boring your listener and getting lost in details that will interfere with your communication.
A "skills-based" presentation is much more concise, dynamic and engaging.
Your message could be structured as follows: your name, your most important degree, your experience (e.g., 10 years of experience in sales in the agri-food sector), your project and your motivation for the company in question, your 3 key skills or strengths, achievements or concrete examples illustrating these key skills.
Know that your listener will only retain 20% of what you tell them, so ask yourself what the main key messages are that you want to get across, the famous 20%. The rest is the packaging, the gift wrap! Don't hesitate to repeat your key arguments several times (even in this short 3-minute time!).
Illustrate your strengths with concrete examples that will give weight to your argument while allowing your listener to imagine you in the position.
Non-verbal communication is essential in such a short exchange, so don't forget the basics: look your listener in the eye, smile, put life and enthusiasm into your presentation!
Offer only the best of your professional identity: you are telling a story, it's your story and it's "the best story in the world"! If you don't believe it, the recruiter won't either!
End this short presentation by telling the recruiter that you would be delighted to continue this exchange during a longer interview after the fair, and leave them above all with the image of you as an efficient person.
Don't systematically leave a CV that might get lost among others. Only do so if asked or if there is clearly a position to be filled at the time of the fair and your profile is a good match.
Tip: In a job interview, Pareto's law also applies: 80% of the recruiter's choice is made in the first 20 seconds, and you only have one 20 seconds to impress them and no chance to have others with the same recruiter.
Posted on October 4, 2010
job-hebdo.com
