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maleficent · 05-26-2006, 10:25 AM

Have somebody do practice interviews with you...

Or do it yourself - get a book of interview questions and ask them to yourself and answer them out loud... It also helps if you tape yourself when you are doing this so you can go back later and hear what you sounded like... When answering a question... Don't blurt... Think about the question.. .Formulate your answer... then answer the question... It's OK to wait a second or two before answering the question... Sounds like you suffer from blurt-itis... PAUSE... Count to three...then answer...

What are your positive qualities - all you've done is talk about what you're doing wrong... What are you doing write? You've graduated from college and are raising a child... surely there's something you've done right in your life.. .focus on those things...

Negativity doesn't get you anywhere but more negativity...

You need to get a job... What are the steps you are going to take to get the job you want. You've spent a lot of time in various threads talking about what you can't do... Screw that... It's not getting you anywhere is it? Focus on what you can do... and JUST DO IT!!!

05-26-2006, 10:25 AM	#23 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Have somebody do practice interviews with you... Or do it yourself - get a book of interview questions and ask them to yourself and answer them out loud... It also helps if you tape yourself when you are doing this so you can go back later and hear what you sounded like... When answering a question... Don't blurt... Think about the question.. .Formulate your answer... then answer the question... It's OK to wait a second or two before answering the question... Sounds like you suffer from blurt-itis... PAUSE... Count to three...then answer... What are your positive qualities - all you've done is talk about what you're doing wrong... What are you doing write? You've graduated from college and are raising a child... surely there's something you've done right in your life.. .focus on those things... Negativity doesn't get you anywhere but more negativity... You need to get a job... What are the steps you are going to take to get the job you want. You've spent a lot of time in various threads talking about what you can't do... Screw that... It's not getting you anywhere is it? Focus on what you can do... and JUST DO IT!!! __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.