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Thank you for all your replies. While eye contact isn't natural to me it is something I'm trying to improve. When I started this thread yesterday I had just got home from a disastrous job interview. About halfway through the interview she wrote on the bottom of the page in the part labeled "Recommend for hire" NO, poor eye contact.
At that point I realized I was screwed anyways, but for the rest of the interview I focused on making better eye contact. At the end of the interview I noticed she crossed out the NO, but the poor eye contact comment remained.
Last night I had to do a presentation in my human resources class. I focused heavily on making eye contact with people throughout the room, and projecting my voice. I think I succeeded on both counts, at the expense of the quality of my presentation.
Thinking about it, I think I might have a genuine confidence issue. I can't pinpoint when it started, but I remember in elementary school I used to be able to talk to people like it was nothing. I used to always go for the lead role in school plays and things like that. I don't know where I went wrong or how to get back on track, I just know I hate being this way.
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