This is generation Youth Employment Development training, how to get the gig and keep the gig. This is Section three, the job interview training portion, specifically the job interview reminders. These are the steps you want to take and reminders you want to take into, into your interview. Whenever you are interviewing, you want to remind yourself to keep these key points in mind. Number one is your posture. The first thing that's going to be recognized about you is how you carry yourself there is a technique and a comfort level.

When you walk into a room you communicate certain things nonverbal communication, your nonverbal language is your posture, how you sit, how you carry yourself how you walk, do you come off with good energy or bad energy, all that matters. posture is absolutely critical. How you greet someone? How you sit? Are you slumping? Are you sitting upright?

Are you sitting comfortable? Are you sending a message that you've your body language is like you don't really want to be here. You're not really into it. Are you engaged? All those things are absolutely critical. Mind your posture.

Also reading body language is absolutely critical. If someone is listening to you, and you're engaged in a conversation, a business conversation, what have you, and the person that you're communicating with is, is sitting corner like this? What message are they sending? It sends a message that they are disconnected from you. They're there, their arms are crossed, they're folded, something that they're communicating, not verbally, but they're uncomfortable with you. At some point, you want to read that and you want to be in a conversation on Engage with a person that is feeling comfortable with you this body language says that I'm engaged with you.

This says I'm not comfortable with you. Body language. It's a stuff that we send messages subconsciously, of how we're feeling emotionally. That's important intelligence, emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, first identify those key pointers. When you see that you want to engage a person to put them here. I'm engaged, I'm listening to you.

On the other hand, when you listen to someone, if someone is laboring their ears for something like that missing, they're doing this what do they mean? Either they're having trouble hearing you or there's something's going on there. That's simple gesture you recognizing that they're laboring on here either means that maybe, maybe you need to simply Speak up. That by step that simple posture, body language reading body language can make the difference. They may not say Oh, he mumbling sound like a chump. But they may be thinking it so if you see someone leaving the ear, maybe you are not Speaking loud enough, sometimes something as simple as raising your voice, or asserting your voice can make an effective difference in how you communicate and how you, you're representing yourself in an interview.

So also reading body language and facial expressions. If there's an exchange and someone says something, you say something and they do something like this, you see that when that bag, you respond, and they do something like, what just happened there? That means that either you confuse them or you said something didn't make sense or something was a little off. You threw them off a little bit. But they're not going to say that they're not going to say that that was stupid that it makes sense to say that, but they may be thinking it. So if you read that facial expression, you can say, Oh, wait a minute.

Looks like I confused you. Let me restate that. You take the initiative by reading their body language and recognizing their facial expressions. Now professional interviewers are trained to not give off any messages or hints as to how your responses are affecting them, if they're doing their job effectively, if they're trained well in interviewing, they're not giving you too much. But everyone's not trained that way. And you have the opportunity to read body languages in their posture and make the appropriate adjustments, absolutely critical that you learn posture and read body languages.

Next reminder is volume and delivery, your language and volume and your delivery and how you deliver that message is absolutely critical. Whether you're delivering it in the right volume, whether delivered delivered in the right tone, in the right speed, are you stumbling over your words how you're delivering that message, the point of communicating effectively, is delivering that message so that it's easily understandable to your listener, and those who communicate well fare better in a business environment, or any environment for that matter. So if I'm excited about something Then you should hear that excitement in my voice. If I'm serious about something, you should hear the seriousness in my voice. If I'm passionate about something, you should hear that passion in my voice, your voice in your delivery should reflect condition of your message and in the spirit in which it was intended to be delivered. So we're not robots, you're not reading from a script, you should be delivering in a volume and a rhythm and a timing in which your message is clearly clearly communicated.

So if you know your product, well, you shouldn't have a problem delivering the message in a way in which you deliver it so your volume should be appropriate for the interview, eye contact. This is a critical one particularly for young people, because eye contact is sometimes uncomfortable for people, particularly young people because they believe wholeheartedly and that old saying that the eyes are the window to the soul, you guessed it, the eyes are the window to the soul. Some people believe that you can really see To your your heart and soul and all your your secrets and desires and all those things. That's not true. Some people can't detect certain things. Some things are detectable through the eyes.

But if you are confident, and you are sure, and you have good self esteem, you know who you are, you don't have a problem looking people in the eye that tells us I'm into you. I'm listening to you. I'm attending to you. I'm confident in who I am. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not uncomfortable in my own skin.

Here I am. Introduce yourself wholehearted and strong. That's good eye contact. The other thing it says that I'm giving you the attention that you deserve. Now, oftentimes, some people confuse eye contact from staring. I've had this conversation with young people during this training.

Some people say well, I don't like looking at people because it looks like make it seem like I'm staring. Now we all know there is a difference between eye contact and staring. This is staring. That's creepy. But if your eye contact, you're making reasonable eye contact you said You send out the message, you're mature, you're understanding, you're confident who you are, and you're giving the person the attention they deserve. Now, if someone asks you a difficult question, there's time when you need to drift off a little bit.

But if someone asks you a question and you go, like I think about that for a second, that's understandable. But if you're constantly rolled in your arm, your eyes are all over the place. It could send a message that you may be have, you may have low attention span, you may have ADHD, you may be you know, cloudy or whatever, all those are not good. You don't want to send out any of those messages, you want to be focused. Now, if someone asks you a difficult question, you may have to search for a little bit, but look around and think about that for a second. What would I do in certain situations?

If that were the question, as I understand why I have to search for that. However, if someone asks you a very fundamental question, like what's your name and where are you from and you have to go? You really, they may be thinking you have to search for that answer that sends a clear message. It might make some sense Something's wrong with you. So, the point is you want to do less roaming around and maintain steady eye contact as much as possible during an interview or in any business environment to maintain good communication eye contact, absolutely critical. Next reminder business language use fundamental business communication.

Now young people we know we their language there is language that you will not use or should not use in business that you may use in your social environment. Let's separate the two apples and oranges. Business language, social meant language you have to separate to happen you must know how to code switch. There are certain language and terms you should not use that may be considered inappropriate for business but maybe perfectly acceptable in your social environment when you speak to your friends and family what have you, but know the difference. Just like a certain clothes you wouldn't wear in a business environment but you wouldn't wear when you're hanging out with your homies or your friends. understand the difference?

Business language using fundamental pronunciation and correct enunciation and correct English, something as simple as that as pronunciation your words completely, just like I'm doing right now, that alone can make you sound much more professional. You don't have to have an elaborate impressive vocabulary. But if you're just speaking correct English, and correct enunciation and appropriate terms, you're doing fine. That's business language. Now, here's where you become impressive. Using trade terms.

Every business every industry has its own language. I often use sports as an analogy. Now if you know the industry of basketball, for example, there's sports terms in basketball. You know what a V cut is a two three zone. You're a triple threat. You know, those those basic basketball terms.

You don't know those terms. You'll know basketball very well. every industry has its own language, the automotive industry, the medical industry have their own terms. In language, the law and legal industry have their own terms and language guy was working on my car while back he's got text driven to camp out for a guy take care of converting it to the carburetor. I'm like, I don't know what that means. I just fixed the car.

I don't know what that means to mechanic convert my car in the Cadillac is $1 cost What the hell are you talking about? But he, he knows the language. So that is how we can put ourselves in idea an image of being professional by speaking the language of the trade, learn the language, learn the terms of your trade, and use that in your communication. When you're in a business environment, trade terminology. be persuasive. Be confident, remember you you're in a competition, you're trying to persuade someone that you're the one for this position.

So do not hold back the opportunity to prove that you are the one for this job. Using persuasive language being confident said I'm good at what I do. I think I can be a good addition to your team. They believe I can make an immediate impact just like this. analogy that we often use. If you were a dynamite fencer or or defensive back or basketball player or volleyball player, you wouldn't hesitate say I'm good at what I do, I think I can be a starter I think I can help you, you do the same concept the same confidence we have as athletes, we use that same confidence in our business when you're applying for a job communicate, persuade them, I am good at what I do, I can make an immediate impact use that language in your interview terms and this is a reminder to be persuasive and be confident.

Confidence is assuring it's attractive. Finally, you have to be articulate, you have to deliver the message. The point is whole communication how you communicate where will fare better than he than a person who does not get communication is the keys of the city. Now a person can have an outstanding resume and plumbing package, they can be dressed immaculately, but if they cannot deliver persuasively the message then they will fall Short, we've sent it minutes you've seen it many times, where a person on paper was much more impressive on paper. They coming into the interview portion data, they're the lead, they have the, the, the, the advantage in terms of their qualification. But when they show up to an interview, someone less qualified can come up and steal that position because they were much more effective communicating wise, they're much more persuasive.

They perform better in the interview. Communication verbally, and in person is much more powerful than anything else. So you have to get your communication, articulate your message well, and these reminders will help you but here's the final tool that will help you in terms of making sure that you're delivering your message articulately and confidently. It's this three tool. This is unique to this training is the triangle, the three step triangle method to keep you from rambling in your responses, and to keep you from your answers being too long or too short or you're getting off track. keep you focused.

Notice a triangle here has three points triangle has three points, not 39 points, you have three points. Make get your points in threes think in threes when you're responding. Notice also this triangle is wide and it gets more and more narrow, indicating General, become more and more what specific. If you think in threes and respond with this method in mind, he's in a triangle method, you can respond to any question and keep your answers concise and onpoint. Not too long, not too short. For example, Dan, question.

Where are you from? Well, I'm from the United States. More specifically, I'm from California. And even more specifically, I'm from Los Angeles, California. That answered the question was on point wasn't too long, wasn't too short, three points. General specific.

You keep that in mind and keep you organized even get even more specific. If they actually were you from from LA. Well, I'm from the South Central. My senses the concrete jungle the hood if you would, actually my address was 2333 one third c 298. And Tom you got a fraction Yeah, there's you know you but the point is you can get as specific as possible but you can also just keep yourself organized by being general specific and think in threes. The triangle method, three points, keeping your answers concise, keeping you on point keeping you from rambling.

These are reminders, interview reminders for any type of communication. Absolutely effective. Keep these reminders in your arsenal.