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01/28/20 – They Want It, and You’ve Got It…How to Communicate Your “It” Factor

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Written by Jim McBride

Keynote

Bridgett McGowen

Can you do the job? Will you do the job? That’s what recruiters want to know. But hiring managers, they want to know if you have that “it” factor.

Bridgett McGowan, award-winning professional speaker and business owner, coaches up professionals to be “the most engaging, dynamic, incredible communicators ever.” Bridgett knows what it takes to make your “it” a legit differentiator when interviewing for your next career adventure.

With the Recruiter

It’s likely your first interaction with a company will be with a recruiter. The recruiter is not typically taking a deep dive into your career accomplishments. Recruiters take a preliminary checklist approach to see if the candidate is a potential fit for the organization by zeroing in on your education, job history, experience in similar work environments and your overall demeanor.

The recruiter is an important step in the hiring process because you’re being evaluated on how you may fit into the company culture based on how you think, how you talk and what you believe in compared to how they think, how they talk and what the company believes in.

With the Hiring Manager

Mirror the communication style of hiring manager during the interview. According to Bridgett, a “peacemaker” likes to build rapport, so reciprocate the small talk. “Truth-keepers” need messaging that is logical, makes sense and fits with what they know. If you interview with a “solution seeker” be concise – no rambling – get to the bottom line, while the “risk taker” feeds on excitement and lots of positive energy (be interesting and alive!).

Research and connect with the company’s vision, mission, products and services. Demonstrate your ability to synthesize information, problem solve, communicate. All of your focus goes into emphasizing your strengths, not your weaknesses.

As every interview question is designed to see how you fit with the work culture, always be the absolute best version of yourself. Give the interviewer an idea of what life will be like with you as a member of the team. Communicate that you aren’t just looking for any job. Say, “I am the person for this position!”

Your “It” Factor

You didn’t wake up this morning and plan to be mediocre.

It’s time to be “on” when it matters the most. Hint hint…the interview. Hint hint…networking. Show interest and passion. You have the talent and the energy. Respond to every question with an affirmative response. Drive enthusiasm, gain buy-in for their interest in you. Engage with the interviewer through rapport building and create a personal connection. Focus on themes to make your message all about how you will elevate the company. Provide objective content regarding your abilities and talents.

Create a one-line personal value statement to articulate what you do incredibly well.

Ensure that showtime at the interview is not the first time. Rehearse the actual words you will say. See the actual body language you will use. The internet is loaded with sample interview questions. Practice your energy.

You ready to crush it? Everywhere you go. Everything you do. Every move you make. Every word you say. Every look you give. Everything is GREAT. They want it. You’ve got it!

Hiring Companies

Cenlar
Diane Kaber – Sr. Recruiter

Cenlar is the leading mortgage subservicing company in the country. Based in New Jersey with locations in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Missouri, the company is projecting 40% growth in the near term. Cenlar is a private company with stock options for eligible employees.

Open Positions
Customer Service
Collections
Loss Mitigation
Claims
Foreclosures
Bankruptcy

HR / ER
Leadership
Service Excellence
Research

AB Staffing Solutions
Courtney Bleskachek – Recruitment Resource Coordinator

AB Staffing Solutions is the leading provider of healthcare professionals and human capital solutions to Federal Government and Commercial clients in three segments: Nursing, Allied Health and Physician supplemental staffing. Among the company’s benefits is full cost coverage of health, dental and vision insurance.

Open Positions
Recruiter – We are looking for the right individuals to join our team as Recruiters within all specialties

ADP
Laura Lynn Smith – Division Vice President
Pamela Farling – Talent Acquisition Business Partner

ADP is a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics and compliance expertise.

Open Positions
Director, Client Services
Manager, Client Services supporting Master Tax
Manager, Payroll Operations
Sr. Client Services Manager
Associate Relations Specialist
Sr. Technology Solution Consultant
Major Accounts District Manager
Strategic Outside Sales Executive
401k Plan Specialist
Full Level Tax Specialist I Implementation

U-Haul International, Inc.
Alex Taylor – Corporate Recruiter

U-Haul is the recognized industry leader in Do-It-yourself moving, self-storage, moving supplies propane and custom hitches. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in downtown Phoenix. With the largest truck fleet in the world, U-Haul employs 32,000 people nationwide and has 20,000 independent dealers and 1,900 company-owned Moving and Storage Centers.

Open Positions
Customer Service – Contact Center
Sales – Contact Center
Accounting – Corporate
Project Manager – Corporate
Software Infrastructure
Software Engineer

Resource

Career Connectors Academy Training Program

Brighton College is about creating the ultimate learning experience and driving employability skills for the working/non-working and the underserved.

Dreams fulfilled through better learning.
We are proud of this new partnership with Career Connectors to offer the best support from both organizations from enrollment to employed.

We believe this starts by identifying your natural talents through behavioral and skill-based surveys and assessments. With this knowledge we help you identify a customized learning pathway, then leverage innovative technology to deliver these in-demand courses and programs that lead to improved employability skills:
• Technical Support
• Programming
• Cyber Security
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Pharmacy Technician
• Web & Graphic Design
• Computer Aided Drafting & Design (CADD)
• Short-term Allied Health Certificate Programs
• Short-term IT Certificate Programs
• Customer Service Certification Programs

Student and Career Services Support (resume help, mock interviews) for your journey. Online, at your own pace!

Closing

Jessica Pierce thanked the Career Connectors volunteer staff and encouraged all attendees to make full use of the career transition resources – speaking with the hiring company representatives, utilizing the professional resume writers, connecting with the LinkedIn coaches, getting a business portrait and taking the free DISC Assessment. The next Career Connectors event is Wednesday, February 5th in Phoenix from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Cheryl Covert will present “Where the Jobs Are.”

06/07/18 – Interviewing with Confidence

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Interview with ConfidenceWritten by Lauren Kutsko

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Carmen Payne, the owner of SOAR, a Transformational Life Coaching company, left us feeling confident to step into our next interview room. We all deal with negative self talk as we navigate entering new endeavors, Carmen shared helpful ideas to get mentally prepared.

We all struggle with some interview questions. Carmen started our time together with some tips on answering a few different types.

What is your weakness or greatest strength question?

  • Answer with things that don’t have anything to do with the job at hand.
  • Prove to them that this is the area that you are trying to improve by sharing what books or seminars you have taken to grow.
  • Utilize S.W.O.T Analysis which stands for Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats. This is a tool that will help you prepare ahead of time to share stories clearly and concisely that display your abilities to manage, change, execute, resolve problems and challenges in the past.

Can you tell me a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker?

S- Situation, background set the scene
T- Task or Target, specifics of what’s required, when, where, who
A – Action, what you did, skills used, behaviours, characteristics
R – Result – Outcome, what happened.

Tell me about your last/current job or X employer question

  • Keep in mind your body language, facial expression and tone of voice when answering these questions. We want to make sure to stay positive and neutral as we talk about our previous employers.
  • Even when you aren’t communicating you are communicating.

This was our homework!
Amy Cuddy
Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

  1. Body language is very important
  2. Maintain an assertive stance
  3. Watch your hands
  4. Pay attention to you face
  5. Maintain appropriate eye contact
  6. Mirror the body language of others
  7. Stop Fidgeting

Carmen ended our time with an encouraging poem. It was a pleasure to hear from Carmen and walk away with tangible resources to ponder!

Let your Light Shine By Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

HIRING COMPANIES

American Express

Patrick Miller – Recruitment Operations Global Talent Acquisition

American Express has positions in technology, sales, marketing, HR and operations amongst other roles. However their recruiting efforts focused primarily on customer facing support like:
Collections specialist
Account protection specialist
Customer care professional
Travel counselors

For more information, visit their job page here.

ADP

Pamela Farling

As one of the world’s largest and most experienced HR providers, ADP offers you recruit-to-retire services and solutions that help you build the team that will take you into the future. ADP is on a mission to make the world’s busiest professionals more productive and happier in their jobs. And that starts with their own people. Find out how you can join them in Arizona where they are growing their Sales, Client Service and Implementation teams!

You can apply at jobs.adp.com/arizona.

RESOURCES

Grand Canyon University
Vince Grell – Vice President of Operations, Non-Degree Technology Programs

Grand Canyon University is offering a program for 16 Weeks Monday-Friday 9am-5pm starting July 30th to earn a Java Programming Certificate. With a small class size, you are guaranteed to get the support you need to succeed! This immersive program includes more than 600 hours of collaborative, project-based instruction and up to 16 credits transferable to a GCU undergraduate program. For more information about the program and to take a short coding assessment click here.

Our Next Event is June 12th in Gilbert. Please note that location change for this week. We will be hearing from Pamela Heward about Career Transition in 2018 – Top Ten Tips.