Don’t make it too personal

When we are in a Job interview setting, the atmosphere is too intense that sometimes we answer interview questions with our personal issues. Remember, managers are hiring people to take care of issues within the company, never beg for a job. Always present yourself as a problem solver not someone who needs a job to solve their own problems. Limit your conversation to the professional side of things - what can you contribute to the company and how you would be an asset to the company.

Managers don’t need to know about your financial or relationship issues or legal battles. Never ever go into your political views, steer away from this topic as much as possible. Limit manageable commitments too so that it might not look like you are consuming too much of your energy into your hobbies or volunteer work, it’s always nice to share your hobbies but make sure that it is manageable outside of your work schedule without any special limitation that would affect your job. Don’t complain about your former bosses, resist any urge to bad mouth or criticize your previous employer. These things are easier said than done but when the interview atmosphere sets in, it’s easy to fall victim into the personal category. What can you do to avoid it? Always prepare. See the other articles on this page for more information or you may go to http://callcenteragent101.blogspot.com for the archives of the articles.

Improve your Diction with these Exercises

Start slowly and carefully. Make sure that the start and end of each word is crisp. Repeat the phrase, getting faster and faster while maintaining clarity. If you make a mistake, stop and start again.

Diction Exercises for 'B' words:

Betty bought a bit of butter,but she found the butter bitter, so Betty bought a bit of better butter to make the bitter butter better.

Bill had a billboard.Bill also had a board bill.The board bill bored Bill,So Bill sold his billboardAnd paid his board bill.Then the board billNo longer bored Bill,But though he had no board bill,Neither did he have his billboard!

For 'D' words try:

Did Doug dig David's garden or did David dig Doug's garden?

Do drop in at the Dewdrop Inn Diction

Exercises for 'F' words:

Four furious friends fought for the phone Five flippant Frenchmen fly from France for fashions

For 'H' words try:

How was Harry hastened so hurriedly from the hunt?

In Hertford,Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen Diction

Exercises for 'J' words:

James just jostled Jean gently.

Jack the jailbird jacked a jeep.

Diction Exercises for 'K' words:

Kiss her quick, kiss her quicker, kiss her quickest.

My cutlery cuts keenly and cleanly.

Diction Exercises for 'L' words:

Larry sent the latter a letter later.

Lucy lingered, looking longingly for her lost lap-dog.

Diction Exercise for 'N' and 'U' sounds:

You know New York,You need New York,You know you need unique New York.

Diction Exercises for 'P' words:

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.If Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,Where's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

Pearls, please, pretty Penelope,Pretty Penelope, pretty Penelope,Pearls, please, pretty Penelope,Pretty Penelope Pring.

For 'Q' words: 

Quick kiss. Quicker kiss. Quickest kiss. Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly...

For 'R' words: 

Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. Reading and writing are richly rewarding.

Exercises for 'S' words:

Six thick thistle sticks Theophilus Thistler, the thistle sifter, in sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.

The shrewd shrew sold Sarah seven sliver fish slices.

Sister Susie sat on the sea shore sewing shirts for sailors.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses,But Moses supposes erroneously, For nobody's toeses are posies of roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be. (Pronounce the word 'toeses' to rhyme with 'Moses'.)

For 'T' words: 

Ten tame tadpoles tucked tightly in a thin tall tin. Two toads, totally tired, trying to trot to Tewkesbury.

For 'V' words: 

Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

Vera valued the valley violets.

And lastly, two especially for your tongue:

Red leather, yellow leather... Red lorry, yellow lorry... And then, one more for good measure! pirate with spyglass

Job Interview Tip: Research the Company

Research the company. Use all the online resources at your disposal - Facebook, Google, Linked-in, Jobstreet,Twitter, Instragram, etc. The beauty nowadays is that everything is online and information is free. The information that you need for the company that you are applying in would probably be in their website or in their Facebook page and could easily be verified by doing a simple Google search.

In an interview, preparation is vital and part of that is knowing the company’s profile inside out. This would also give you an insight on the work environment, set your expectations about the company’s management and direction and verify if the company is really for you. What would be the downside if you failed to do this?

Just imagine being asked the question why do you want to work for this company and you can’t answer it, it would automatically mark you as someone who is just interested to get a job but not interested in getting a job for that specific company. What’s the difference? In an employer’s point of view, if you are just an applicant trying to get a job, they would not have any reassurance that you would stay and perform your duties as expected, unlike someone who is driven to succeed because they are really interested to be in that company.