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When applying for a new position, many factors come in to play. Price does a good job explaining the “dos and don’ts” to give insight into various areas of an interview that readers may not have thought of (Price, 2014, Fall). Out of the ten ideas proposed, one that would be most challenging to me is practice. I feel confident about how I hold myself and think to be pretty knowledgable, so I tend to go into interviews as myself. I do not focus on the questions that will be thrown my way, and I do not get too stressed out about trying to portray some positive image. Overall I know I have organizational worth and can bring a lot to the table if hired.
It would be essential for me to improve this area because organizations are pretty much going off of first impressions. Since they cannot physically see what positives I bring, they only have my word and appearance to go by. By not preparing, I am not utilizing effective business communication. I am solely relying on my already developed skills to portray some image to the interviewer. In the future, I will try to practice more so I can answer adequately to make a good impression. Just because I am confident with my skill set does not mean others would see my situation the same. I learned a while back from an old master sergeant whose name I forgot is, “separation is in the preparation.” At the time, we were talking about awards and standing out against your peers, but as time passed, I realized that this ideology could be applied to every aspect of life. If you truly want to separate yourself from everybody you are up against, then you must prepare more than everybody for what you are up against.
There are many benefits that one could reap by preparing for an interview. Jager, dos Santos, de Oliveira & Dias (2018) state, “the selection process seeks to map knowledge, skills, attitudes, personality characteristics and other factors of the candidate’s personal, professional and academic life, which are linked to the possibilities of adapting to the organization and to the future position to be filled (p. 582). By meeting all expectations of an interviewer, you may seem fully qualified for a position at the first meet. However, preparing may portray that you exceeded the interviewer’s expectations, which potentially can make you a top prospect for the position. Additionally, going into an interview feeling prepared puts lets stress on the brain so one can focus on whatever it is they practiced. That is why it is important to remember, “separation is in the preparation.”
References
Jager, M. E., dos Santos, A. S., de Oliveira, C. T., & Dias, A. C. G. (2018). Workshops about Curriculum Preparation and Behavior in Interviews. Brazilian Journal of Management / Revista de Administração Da UFSM, 11(3), 581–594. Retrieved from
https://doi-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.5902/1983465914318
Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology, 29, 15-16. Retrieved from https://search- proquest-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/docview/1680233184?accountid=32521
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There are many factors that play a viable role in business ethics. Learning how to utilize them all can be the result of a person getting a job or making a sell of their product or services. As a leader in an organization, I can say that business etiquette displays the character in a person when one can display it sincere. One of the top ten do’s and don’ts that is most challenging for me has been remembering the name. “When meeting new people, it is important to remember his or her name” (Price, 2014, Fall). Whenever I would meet someone in a business perspective, I at times could not remember their name within the same day. This can make for a difficult approach if I had to approach someone and ask them their name again. It could also make those feel as if I was not listening when they first give me their name or that I really wasn’t paying attention to them talking.
It was important for me to improve this etiquette based on the amount of new people and colleagues that I interact with daily. One thing that I did to improve my name remembering was to associate it with something. I would choose another person that I know well, an actor, a figure or a staple and even place a label on that person to give me some form of sign of what their name was. This has really helped me with name remembering when it comes to a corporate etiquette setting. For example; I met a colleague at our global lean fair and his name was Pete. As I knew I would be meeting many new people, I associated his name with one of my goats named Petey. Not that I was associating Pete as a goat but for just name recognition and correlation.
Also, I could look at the person and know them by face but could not remember their name even after meeting them several times. “The ability to remember faces and names involves several cognitive processes, including the successful initial visual processing and attending to information, encoding, storage, and retrieval” (Mitchell, Shirk, McLaren, Dodd, Ezzati, Ally, 2016, p.408). These methods correlate names with items or figures which can be beneficial with the name recognition. Being able to make the eye contact and address a person by their name displays a personal contact between you and that person. When you address a person of business by their name, it also portrays you as a great listener and have the mindset to store information and solid remembrance skills.
Reference
Mitchell, M., Shirk, S., McLaren, D., Dodd, J., Ezzati, A., Ally, B., … Ally, B. A. (2016). Recognition of faces and names: multimodal physiological correlates of memory and executive function. Brain Imaging & Behavior, 10(2), 408–423. https://doi-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.1007/s11682-015-9420-6
Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology, 29, 15-16. Retrieved from https://search- proquest-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/docview/1680233184?accountid=32521
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