What to avoid if you want a career path

James Caan, Executive Director, Hamilton Bradshaw Group

It’s known that “when you are looking for a new job, it’s very important to stand out from the crowd,” Kaan writes in his note “What you can’t say at the interview.” But do we know what to say is by no means worth it?

There are “very common expressions that should be avoided,” Kaan writes. He goes on to list some of them.

    I dont know. “In order not to save before a difficult question, it is worth preparing in advance. Spend a little time before the interview, you will not regret it. You should know everything about a potential employer and be prepared to answer any question about your resume, ”Kaan explains. - Of course, there are questions to which you cannot know the answer. In this case, it’s not worth inventing anything. Calm down, try to take the question to a familiar area and do not forget that you have just received new information. ”
    I do not like my current job. “Even if everything is really bad at the current job, you should not turn the interview into a conversation about problems,” writes Caan. “You will only achieve what the potential employer decides: it’s hard to get along with you.”

Bernard Marr, Executive Director, Advanced Performance Institute

What happens when you meet a stranger on a business occasion? That's right, you shake hands.

Shaking hands in business is very important. “A poor handshake can create embarrassment and spoil the initial impression,” Marr writes in his article “Six Wrong Handshakes.”

Below are some examples of Marra.

    Sweaty palm. “Some people sweat their hands for natural reasons. And when we are nervous, it can happen to everyone, ”he writes. - This complicates a handshake in a stressful situation, for example, at an interview. Nevertheless, I think that there can be no excuse for a sweaty hand when shaking hands. ”
    Sluggish hand. “It’s not a big mistake to squeeze the hand of the person you are greeting and not to shake it with your wrist,” Marr advises. - This is perceived as the message "I'm not sure of myself" or "I'm a wimp."
    Avoiding contact. “If a person does not look into the eyes during a handshake or removes his hand too quickly ... this shows that he is not confident enough, timid, or maybe he did not want to meet with you or shake your hand,” warns Marr.

Scott Case, co-founder and CEO of Main Street Genome

About ten years after the start of a career, many are faced with a crisis. “You are 30-35 years old. You have a good job, your personal life is in order, but something is missing. There are no drops, but there are also ups, ”Case writes in his note“ Stop whining ”.

“At work, you are happy with everything, but there is no progress,” says Case. “Why aren't you moving forward?” Why aren’t you doing what you want to do? ”

Below are some of the excuses that Case regularly encounters.

    I'm too busy. “Do you think the rest are not busy?” - writes Case. “Someday you will regret all the missed opportunities.” If there is a chance, you just need to drop other things. "
    I'm lazy. “They never justified themselves before me, but for some people this is a big problem,” says Case. - It's time to stop being lazy. Nothing will fall into your hands. Opportunities need to be created. ”
    Now is the wrong time. “There will never be a suitable time. There is no convenient moment to marry, to quit work, to buy an apartment or to found a company. We all get exactly 24 hours in a day, but how to spend them depends only on ourselves, ”writes Case. “Now is a good time.”