How To Video Job Interview With Your Cellphone

How To Video Job Interview With Your Cellphone 68 What you need for best results when doing a video interview on the go. This is a guest post by Josh Tolan. If you’d also lie to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Don’t run out and buy that new pair of dress shoes just yet â€" your next job interview might require a webcam or mobile device instead. A new OfficeTeam survey revealed that 63 percent of HR managers said their company often conducts job interviews via video. Additionally, 13 percent think their company will use video more frequently in the next three years. Although most of these video interviews utilize webcam and video conferencing technology, mobile devices are also an option for recorded video interviews. So how can you ensure you appear polished and professional if your next job application requires answering interview questions from your cell phone camera?eval Here are some tips for overcoming video interview challenges on a mobile device: Choose a quiet, well-lit area Lighting is crucial when you’re using a camera on a cell phone â€" you want your interviewer to see your face, right?eval For instance, if there’s a window in the background, it might cast a dark shadow and make it difficult for the hiring manager to see you during the interview. It’s also wise to keep your dogs, roommates, and/or family members away from the room you’re using to eliminate background noise and distractions. Mind your background Make sure you’re the focus of the video, not your kitchen or those lovely posters plastered on your bedroom walls. Sit in front of a plain wall to keep the focus where it belongs â€" on you. Test the technology Look through the frequently asked questions (FAQ) portion of the service you are using so you have an idea of how it works and how to troubleshoot any problems you may face. Dress appropriately Don’t assume you can wear your favorite T-shirt just because you’re not meeting face-to-face! Dress as you would if you were walking into the hiring manager’s office, but avoid bold patterns and certain colors (such as red or magenta), as they don’t show up well on video. It’s also wise to avoid wearing bracelets or earrings that might make noise as you move your hands and head while talking. Show off your confidence When answering questions, look straight into the camera (not at your screen) as if you were talking face-to-face with the employer. Sit up properly in your chair, speaking loudly and clearly so your answers are audible. And don’t forget to smile! Put your device in a static location Think “tripod.” If you’ve ever held out your arm for a long period of time, you know it’s easy for your arm to get tired. If you’re holding your mobile device out in front of you, it might start shaking as the muscles in your arm become strained. Instead, prop up your cell phone or mobile device and make sure the camera is pointed in your direction. You might even ask someone else to hold the phone (quietly) for you in order to frame your face and shoulders in the camera. Now you don’t have to worry about a shaky cell phone shaking up your confidence. Practice before the real thing Everyone says it because it’s true: practice makes perfect. Before accepting a video interview on your mobile device, practice the most common interview questions likely to get thrown your way. You might want to get friends or family members to come up with questions you’re likely to hear. Get your answer down, and when you’re asked in the video interview, you’ll be concise and confident. Ask good questions If you understand the company’s culture, values, and mission you’ll be able to ask informative questions. Good questions let your interviewer know you’re serious about your future at the company. Don’t think that, just because the interview is taking place on your cell phone, you can skip the question portion. Avoid calls, texts, and other notifications Make sure your family and friends know you have a video interview, and therefore understand you’re not to be disturbed. If possible, turn off all other mobile notifications, such as completed updates and calendar reminders. It will be distracting to you and the interviewer if your phone continuously buzzes and beeps throughout the video interview! Mind your appearance In the first televised presidential debate, Richard Nixon fell prey to the television cameras when he refused to put on makeup. As a result, he appeared sweaty and nervous on screen. Remember that what you look like on camera sends a clear message to your interviewer. You might want to think about dabbing on a little makeup or concealer. At the very least, make sure you aren’t recording in the hottest room in your house. You want to look cool and calm, not sweaty and nervous. Don’t forget the follow-up In an in-person interview, the walk to the door or the elevator can be your opportunity to ask about the next steps in the process. You discover what the company’s hiring timetable is and file away how long you should wait before following up. In a mobile interview, it can be easy for forget to ask about the next steps before you put away your phone. Make sure you know whether the company will get back to you in two days or two weeks. With more HR managers anticipating conducting interviews via video, and mobile job seeking going mainstream, you may soon be using your cell phone camera for more than just cute Instagram pictures of your dog. Question of the article Have you ever completed a video interview with a mobile device? Let us know in the comments. About the Author Josh Tolan is the CEO of Spark Hire, a video powered hiring network that connects job seekers and employers through video resumes and online interviews. Connect with him and Spark Hire on Facebook and Twitter. READ NEXT: How To Ace Video Job Interviews.

Building Brands People Want to Work For

Building Brands People Want to Work For Its hard work trying to manage just one brand, but imagine having to juggle and maintain and promote multiple brands. Well, this week we are learning from a company with 50,000 people which operates under 87 brands. Ellen Kapoor is the Director of Talent Acquisition Leadership Development at ITW, her role involves developing the areas of Employment Brand, Technology on Talent Acquisition and College Recruitment. She reveals how her employer manages to keep the trains running smoothly in an organization as big as theirs. Have a listen to the episode below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the  Employer Branding Podcast. Listen on  Apple Podcasts,  Spotify,  Stitcher  or  Soundcloud. In this episode you’ll learn: How to create the best strategies to make it possible to manage multiple brands Why Decentralisation is key to how they manage their brands The real challenges having to promote 87 different employer brands to candidates What Embrace your inner Entrepreneur means for its employees Why students can accelerate in their career at ITW You can connect with Ellen on LinkedIn.

Name Brands Have a Clear Advantage When Developing eBrands - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Name Brands Have a Clear Advantage When Developing eBrands - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Everyone starts out as a commodity until they discover their personal brand. A commodity is something that has no differentiating qualities that separate it from others. For people this means that you are just like everyone else. When your first starting off, its very hard to breakthrough. Who is going to link to your site, reach out to you or comment on your blog if you dont have a legitimate resume. I hate using the word resume, but its still so commonly known and used that you get the point. The media doesnt care about no name brands because there are far too many experts they can already use for sources. Why should they bother with someone who doesnt work for a high profile company, nor has done something remarkable? Who is Jim? Take Jim (Im using this name as an example). Jim just graduated from college, and after discovering his brand, he is setting out to become a well-known internet marketer that specializes in providing services to small businesses. Jim creates a blog, adding an about page listing internships, his college, some technical skills that he has gathered and his LinkedIn profile. Jim has high hopes and expects a lot of attention to his blog because he feels that he can provide value and that he can turn this value into clients. Jim is so confident that he doesnt reach out to anyone, comment on any blogs, or even tells people that it exists. Jim types his name in Google Jim Peters and views over 290,000 results, of which none are him nor his blog. Jim realizes his mistake and quickly makes use of his beginners toolkit. He is so passionate that he spends the next few months building his eBrand, in hopes that his dreams will come true. Jim is the CEO of a Fortune 500 Company A press release goes out, announcing Jims blog to the world, through a few wire services. After his first post explaining who he is (people already know him around the world), the type of content he will write and a podcast interview with Forbes.com, he receives 2,000 subscribers. Jim goes to his corporate website and also notices that his blog is linked on the homepage. He starts receiving messages in his inbox from people he has never heard of, all wanting his help. One asks could you please get me a job and another says can you link to my site. Jim isnt worrying about a thing and his PR department has taken the liberty to promote his blog internally and externally. He lays back in his chair and says to himself boy I thought blogging was strenuous. Conclusions I blogged about this idea of a push and pull strategy when you build an eBrand. Basically, when your already known, its far easier to develop and maintain your brand. If you are an executive for a company, your company will promote you, knowing that you wouldnt have time to do it yourself. When you take your brand and place it on the internet, many people wont bother with you unless you are unique or hold a high professional status. If you dont have a name brand, then you have to work VERY HARD, make the right connections, and offer something special. I started off with nothing and went through pledging to build my eBrand online and then teach others how to do it as well. The people who get the attention online already have the attention, just like the people that are on the NY Times best sellers list will just become more popular. Executives at big brand companies are just going to be more recognized with eBranding. The rest of us need to spend long days building our futures, so tha t we can have that luxury someday. Executives and Celebrities that Blog Richard Edelman, CEO, Edelman Anna Kournikova, Tennis Player Bob Parsons, CEO, Godaddy.com Randy Tinseth, VP of Marketing, Boeing Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigs List Jason Calacanis, Founder, Mahalo MC Hammer, Famous Rapper Alan Meckler, CEO, Jupiter Media Bill Marriott, CEO, Marriott Bob Langert, VP, McDonalds David Sifry, Founder, Technorati.com Marc Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks NBA team Mike Critelli, Chairman, Pitney Bowes

Basic Articles Mean Mediocre Articles - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Basic Articles Mean Mediocre Articles - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Rescue me from beginners secrets! Everywhere I turn, Im inundated by yet another article about social media secrets or blogging secrets that dont contain any actual secrets. Theyre such beginning-level articles that, if they had any secrets, have the worst-kept secrets anyone has ever known. Psst, hey buddy. Edison invented the light bulb. Dont tell nobody. Lately Ive seen a lot of articles on marketing put out by a very large group of experts. Presumably these people know a lot about their field. They effervesce with knowledge. It overflows from their brains, and they cant pour it out fast enough. Except the knowledge theyre pouring out is as weak as water. A recent article about creating compelling content offered valuable tactics, such as 1) have goals, 2) write a first draft, and 3) collaborate with your writing partners. This isnt advice, its a high school business textbook. 95% of everything is crap According to Sturgeons Law, 95% of everything is crap. Including most of the expert marketing advice you find on the Internet today. Why do people continue to write such basic advice? Because its easy, it applies to every situation, and there are a whooooole lot of people who still think write good stuff is brand new. No matter how far back I roll my eyes, this advice is still brand new to a lot of people. The problem is, the Internet is flooded with this same advice. Its getting so bad even Google wants you to quit. Now theyre saying your content has to be top-notch. Something you might see in a book or a magazine, said Googles Matt Cutts in a recent video. (Check out his video on how Google Panda is now a regular part of their indexing efforts..) Be the 5% If you want to stand out from the crowd, raise the level of your content. Start writing about intermediate topics. Better yet, go a step further, and write about advanced-level ideas â€"  301- and 401-level material. If someone publishes an article that says write a first draft, explain how to write one. If someone says collaborate with writing partners, write about five pieces of technology that let you collaborate remotely. And if have goals has people scribbling in their notebooks, then tell them about three new apps that will help them set and meet those goals. The rest of Internet will continue to be stuck in the 95 percent, still publishing the same 101-level crap. So be the 5%. Give better advice. Dont rehash the same topics over and over. Pretty soon, no one else is going to care about it. Theyll stop reading it, theyll stop sharing it, and it will eventually be ignored. The blue ocean strategy, the untapped vein, is to write and share the advanced knowledge that most of the other experts arent even aware of, let alone talking about. Write about the things no one else is talking about, and youll soon become the experts expert that even the 95% look to for advice and wisdom. Author: Erik Deckers  is the owner of  Professional Blog Service, a newspaper humor columnist, and the co-author of  Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself  and  No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing, and  The Owned Media Doctrine.

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5 Undeniable Signs Its Time To Leave Your Job - Kathy Caprino

5 Undeniable Signs Its Time To Leave Your Job Part of Kathy Caprinos Series Accessing the Most Powerful You For many years during my 18-year corporate career, I remained in a number of roles I disliked, and a few of them were a terrible fit.  Now I see that there were some critical factors that influenced my strong resistance to make the changes I needed to, including worries about money, self-esteem issues, confusion as to what I really wanted, reluctance to start over in a new job, and just plain fear. Now, after two reinventions and running my own coaching and consulting firm (and loving it), its clear that in my corporate life I also lacked an essentially important mindsetâ€" an entrepreneurial approach to my work and professional life that would have helped me be more nimble, flexible, brave, resourceful, creative and innovative in my efforts toward building a livelihood that would joyfully match who I really am, on the inside. Instead, I stayed stuck in a tight box of my own creation, because I didn’t understand how it truly works, to find roles we love, be treated with respect and care, to achieve great compensation for our work, and thrive in it. My research with professionals reveals that  there are five glaring signs that you need to change what you’re doing â€" either by modifying your specific job or shifting your entire career. Sadly, so many professionals stay stuck in complete denial about these signs, because they’re just too frightened to heed them and take proactive measures, until crisis hits and forces them to consider a new direction. The five signs that you should leave your job or change directions now are: #1: You’re unhappy most of every day doing this work. This is not brain science here â€" the clearest sign that you need is a change is how you feel about the work you’re doing every day. The majority of the time, are you feeling unhappy, depressed, thwarted, bored, misunderstood, mistreated? Do you feel that the “real you” just can’t come out in this job, and the way you love to work isn’t honored or respected? Do you wonder how you ever ended up here, and fantasize daily about doing something very different? Don’t be in denial about your feelings â€" they’re pointing you to a very real situation that needs to be dealt with.  Remember: You don’t have to be miserable or lose your sense of self in order to be gainfully employed. #2: The environment is tainted with toxicity and ugliness, including your boss and colleagues. The role you play in your work isn’t just about the functions and tasks you perform every day. A job â€" and your success and joy in it is shaped by a myriad of other factors including: • The character of your boss and colleagues, and the leadership dynamic of the company (if theres narcissism, youll suffer) • How your organization treats all of its human resources (including you, but also others) • The outcomes that the company is driving toward, and whether you respect and support these outcomes • The growth you can achieve in this role (is it boring, stagnant, and deadening to you?) • The collaborative spirit and positive, growth-inducing behaviors (or total lack of them) • How well your dominant action style is suited  to the action-approach your company and boss demands of you • And finally, if the power gaps you possess are activated â€"meaning, if this job makes you feel powerless and victimized Looking holistically at your job â€" and understanding all the dimensions of it â€" will help you see more clearly if you are right for this role, or if you’re more suited to thrive in another job or type of work experience altogether. #3: The skills that you’ve been hired to use for this job aren’t a fit for what you’re good at or enjoy. So often, people don’t understand that the skills that you possess are not at all the same as the natural talents and abilities that you enjoy using each day. In other words, you may be “great” at updating spreadsheets (or overseeing projects, or doing event planning) but in reality, you may actually hate doing it.  What we’re good at is not the same as what we love doing. If your job forces you to use skills that aren’t enjoyable or easy for you, you’ll be miserable and drained every day in your job. And you’ll feel like an impostor much of the time. #4: You believe deep down that you’re meant for better, bigger, and more thrilling things. I’ve interviewed hundreds of successful career changers, and many of them have shared with me some version of this: “I had this terrible, nagging feeling for years that I was made for better things than this,  but I just didn’t act on that feeling until I finally snapped and say “YES!” to myself.” Many people, particularly women, feel ashamed and embarrassed to admit that, deep down, they feel they are made for better things than their current role. They’re afraid this sounds boastful or arrogant to think these types of thoughts. But these thoughts and feelings are not something to ignore â€" they’re pointing to the fact that there  is  another direction waiting for you, one that will bring more joy, success, reward, recognition and satisfaction to your life. If you feel you’re made for more exciting things, then you are. Don’t be ashamed of it or hide from it. #5: The outcomes that you’re working toward feel meaningless or negative to you. Finally, how do you feel about the outcomes that your job supports? Do you love what you’re working on and do you feel it has contributive value in the world? Do you believe in the positive good of what you’re doing, and that what you’re spending your precious life energy on is indeed worth it? Or do you think that what your company is doing is actually wrong, unethical, unnecessary or even hurtful in the world? You can’t thrive or even succeed a tiny bit if you don’t believe in what your organization is putting out in the world or how they’re doing it. You simply cannot succeed if you subconsciously oppose what your employer stands for in the world. If any of these signs strike a chord for you, it’s time to make a change. Now. The key question isn’t “Will you?” but When will you finally honor what you know to be true about yourself?” If youre finally ready to create more power, impact and authority in your work, join me in my FREE webinar The Most Powerful You: Close Your Power Gaps and Rock Your Career At The Highest Level. CLICK HERE here for more info and to register. And for added support, watch my video “How To Know When It’s Time To Leave Your Job,” tune into my weekly podcast Finding Brave. and join me in a Career Breakthrough coaching program.  

Stuck in a rut with your career ideas - Hallie Crawford

Stuck in a rut with your career ideas Ive had many people come to me for career coaching who are looking for a specific kind of job, in a certain industry, and have little luck; whether its due to the tough economy or something else. I want people to pursue their dream job, and go for the job they really want! But sometimes its not going to happen for whatever reason.   Don’t give up on the dream, but adjust it. If your industry was hit hard by the tough economy, (like construction was for example) then those jobs are just going to be harder to find in certain areas. To feel less frustrated in your search, and more in the driver’s seat, give yourself a time frame, like 3 months, to job search. If nothing is moving, start brainstorming additional ideas related to what youre wanting. For example, if youre a nurse whos primarily worked in a private practice; do you need to start looking at hospitals, urgent care centers or for a government or public agency like the CDC to broaden your search? Perhaps you find a job at a university working on a research project. If your search is going no-where, start to think more creatively about what to pursue. Sometimes we have blinders on and need to consider other career ideas related to your current ideas. Dont give up on the dream job, but blend being practical along with it. Career Coach P.S. Is your dissatisfaction a passing phase or a sign it’s time to move on?  Find out if for sure you’re in the right career with our  Ideal Career Quiz.