Interview training as part of the "Empowerment Series"

1. INTERVIEWING FOR EFFECT
CONNECTOR STYLE…

2. AS JOBSEEKERS, I OFTEN TIMES
WILL SAY…
WE ARE ALL SALES PEOPLE AND
THE PRODUCT IS US…TOP SALES PERSONS
KNOW THEIR PRODUCTS INSIDE AND OUT
WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO CLOSE THE DEAL
&
SELL THEM
YOU!!

3. KNOWING YOUR PRODUCT HAS
STEPS…
1. POSSESS THE ABILITY TO ARTICULATE
WHO YOU ARE
2. INTERNALIZE HOW TO “LOOK”
SUCCESSFUL
3. DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE UNKNOWN –
OPEN THE CLOSED DOOR
4. REMAIN CONFIDENT & NOT COCKY BY
SHOWING HUMILITY

4. THE GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU
ARE THE RIGHT FIT

5. IN DOING SO, WE CAN VALIDATE THEIR
CHOICE BY WHAT WE DO…
HOW TO DEMONSTARTE YOU ARE THE "RIGHT FIT“
(click link)

6. FIRING FOR EFFECT

7. IN THE MILITARY I
• SERVED IN FIELD
ARTILLERY AS A
CANNON CREWMAN
• LAUNCHED ROUNDS
DOWN RANGE WITH
ACCURACY
• TARGETED DISTANCES
AS FAR AS TWENTY SIX
MILES AWAY
• IN ORDER TO BE
PROFICIENT, I STUDIED
THE TERRAIN
• I KNEW THE
MOVEMENTS OF THE
ENEMY
• I SERVED AS A VITAL
PART OF A DIVERSE
TEAM

8. AS A CIVILIAN SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT

9. I WALKED AROUND AIMLESSLY UNTIL…
I CONNECTED WITH GOV’T
RESOURCES
• AT THE AMERICAN JOB
CENTER
• THE STATE VETERANS
PROGRAM
• LOCAL VETERANS AFFAIRS
OFFICE
• LOCAL COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
THESE RESOURCES MADE ME
EMPOWERED
• BY GIVING ME CONFIDENCE
AGAIN
• BY TEACHING ME NEW TOOLS
• CONNECTING ME TO FELLOW
VETERANS
• INTRODUCING ME TO
VETERAN FRIENDLY
EMPLOYERS

10. ILLINOIS HIRES HEROES CONSORTIUM
“VETERAN FRIENDLY EMPLOYERS”

11. IDENTIFY EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR YOU
ILLINOIS HIRES HEROES
• The Illinois Hires Heroes
Consortium is a group of Illinois
employers who recognize the
great value veterans bring to the
workplace and operationalize the
term "veteran-friendly" by
committing to implement military
veteran recruitment, training and
retention practices.

12. VETERAN TRANSFORMED
Tyler Heath