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Interview How To
Posted in answers, brick and mortar, How to, interview, questions, start a business, t.rochelle
Each day I provide you with job leads, but I never tell you what to do once you have the job. Today, I am NOT giving you job leads. I am, instead, going to get you ready for an interview using the STAR technique. If you have not heard of the STAR technique, this is something you will want to read about. You do NOT want to interview without it!
When going in for an interview in a brick and mortar facility, the best way to attack this situation is to use the STAR method. This method should be used for interviewing for a work at home job as well. This is truly a topic you will want to bookmark since many people are not familiar with this technique. Most employers follow the STAR technique when interviewing so pleas take notes.
STAR is an acronym for Situation or Task, Action You Took, and Results you achieved! STAR is a technique you can use to answer those tough interview questions. If a prospective employer asks a question, these are tips for answering those questions in the most effective manner. Think of these as Cliff Notes or Barron's....okay showing my age, let's get started:
Situation or Task: In this step explain to the employer a specific situation or task you had to complete in order to accomplish a specific goal. Give DETAILS and make sure its clear enough for employers to understand.
ACTION You Took: This is the time for you to BRAG! Tell the employer what actions you took to accomplish the for mentioned goal. You want to say what YOU did and not focus too much on others who might have helped you along the way. This is the time for you to be the SUPERHERO in the story so go for it!
Results You Achieved: In this step you can tell them how you saved the day, accomplished the major task, or learned from the Situation or Task in which you took Action to achieve the maximum Results!
Practice the STAR method with questions like these:
Tell me a situation where you have dealt with an irate customer. and How did you handle that situation?
How would you describe a successful team? (Yes you are working at home, but you are still apart of a TEAM)
What are your pet peeves and how do you handle them in a professional atmosphere?
What are your strengths and weaknesses? Please provide examples and detailed accounts of how you might overcome your weakness.
Tell me about a time in which you had to reach a goal.
Tell me about a time in which you had to calm a customer or another employee.
Tell me about a time in which you had to take over a leadership role.
Tell me about a time in which you disagreed with an employer and how you dealt with this disagreement.
Now tell me about a time you were thankful that T.Rochelle was NOT doing your interview lol!!
These are all questions that might arise in an interview and its helpful to be ahead of the game. Take notes, you never know what you might be asked in an interview.
All leads will return tomorrow, today you need to prepare for your TOMORROW!
Marketing 101 tells us that people view things with their eyes and use eyes first to make a decision. Its been tested and proved that colors like red and yellow are great colors for people who are selling food because those colors make consumers hungry. It seems pretty ridiculous but its true. Why do you think those golden are more like yellow? You know what color ketchup is so I mean that's a given, right.
What colors work for your business? If you want your customers to feel like they are in a clean sterile environment and you want them to remain calm, white is the color for you. For serious, bold, authoritative, dramatic effects, you will want to use black (it has always worked for me lol). Gold is equally classy and suggests wealth. I do not suggest overdoing it because excessive amounts of gold can be a little overbearing and arrogant. Blue can be a tricky color. Although darker shades of blue are bold and strong colors that let a consumer know you know what you are doing and you are experienced and prosperous, lighter shades can be seen as clean and refreshing but too much can imply weakness. Colors like gray and silver are very conservative colors that imply that you are focused and goal oriented as well as goal driven. You believe in traditional methods. Speaking of traditional, green is the color of money and usually represents wealth, but it also can calm a consumer as well as represent jealousy (green with envy get it get it). Orange can excite the consumer and make them feel that they can afford whatever you are selling even though its somewhat pricey. Accompany this with some pink and your sells could increase rapidly. Pink represents innocence and a sense of wellness. Dark purple has always been a sign of royalty and wealth. Light purple on the other hand is much like pink and its romantic and alluring. Brown is a trustworthy color and makes people feel that you are solid and trustworthy. Finally red and yellow are next. Red makes the consumer anxious, hungry, passionate, and broke. Never use red when discussing money because it symbolizes debt. Yellow increases your metabolism and catches the eye. Always use yellow in small quantities because large amounts can be irritating.
Well you have the complete rundown on marketing with colors. Do you agree, can you see this being true, are you one of the many who were not tested on these marketing techniques? Please let us know!
What colors work for your business? If you want your customers to feel like they are in a clean sterile environment and you want them to remain calm, white is the color for you. For serious, bold, authoritative, dramatic effects, you will want to use black (it has always worked for me lol). Gold is equally classy and suggests wealth. I do not suggest overdoing it because excessive amounts of gold can be a little overbearing and arrogant. Blue can be a tricky color. Although darker shades of blue are bold and strong colors that let a consumer know you know what you are doing and you are experienced and prosperous, lighter shades can be seen as clean and refreshing but too much can imply weakness. Colors like gray and silver are very conservative colors that imply that you are focused and goal oriented as well as goal driven. You believe in traditional methods. Speaking of traditional, green is the color of money and usually represents wealth, but it also can calm a consumer as well as represent jealousy (green with envy get it get it). Orange can excite the consumer and make them feel that they can afford whatever you are selling even though its somewhat pricey. Accompany this with some pink and your sells could increase rapidly. Pink represents innocence and a sense of wellness. Dark purple has always been a sign of royalty and wealth. Light purple on the other hand is much like pink and its romantic and alluring. Brown is a trustworthy color and makes people feel that you are solid and trustworthy. Finally red and yellow are next. Red makes the consumer anxious, hungry, passionate, and broke. Never use red when discussing money because it symbolizes debt. Yellow increases your metabolism and catches the eye. Always use yellow in small quantities because large amounts can be irritating.
Well you have the complete rundown on marketing with colors. Do you agree, can you see this being true, are you one of the many who were not tested on these marketing techniques? Please let us know!
Also, let me know if you you really like my tips and if you want to see even more tips for working at home, check me out here!!
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When life gives you lemons, make lemon cake! That's the way that saying goes right? Okay okay close enough. Life is giving me a nice bunch of lemonades right now and rather than plummet the idiots that have hurt me with the lemons, I think I will make a lemon cake.
Look its natural to want to seek revenge on employer when they have wronged you, but that's not the woman scorned way to handle it. When an employer disappoints you or fires you (no I was not fired) there is no reason to bash them or to hack into their website and .....well let's not go there. Since revenge is best served cold then take that anger and resentment and use it to get a BETTER job or to go into business for yourself. Who knows, your employer could have made the best mistake of your life. Their ignorance can be your inspiration.
GO get that new job (that pays more and makes your old job look like slave wages)
GO start that new business or teach that new class
Whatever you do, LIVE don't exist!
Here are a few companies that are actively hiring and they need you (to work from home of course):
Sutherland
LiveOps
Hilton
Cloud10
WorkingSol
Teletech
1800Flowers
1800Diapers
and More where that came from!
