Many job interviews fail to realize their highest potential due to a lack of communication and connection. The goal of all job interviews is for the interviewer to be connected to the potential employee and be thinking, "This person gets it! I must find a way to hire them." One of the most successful ways to accomplish this is also the most underutilized: Drawing pictures.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
With 65% of the population as visual learners why don’t we use pictures and other forms of visual communications more frequently, especially for something as important as a job interview?
Pictures offer many advantages for effectively communicating:
- Pictures are language independent
- Pictures can simplify and cut right to the point
- Pictures are memorable
What better way to communicate independent of language, keep it simple and to the point, and leave a memorable experience in the eyes of those who have hiring authority than by using a few simple pictures in a job interview?
PUT PICTURES TO WORK IN YOUR INTERVIEWS
If you are one of many that are out there looking to improve your employment situation, and especially if you are currently out of work, why not put some time and effort into honing your visual communications skills by learning a few basic VC principles and adding them to your interview toolkit? It’s easier than you think!
In subsequent posts we will be concentrating on this important skill so stay tuned. In the meantime, what has been your experience with using pictures in interviews? Please take a few moments and leave your comments below.
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Pictures tell stories, and we all like stories. We like stories because they allow us to be a part of the "action," or to have our thoughts be played out in an actionable way, even if we are not the one drawing the picture.
Being involved in the sales cycle allows me the ability, and the opportunity to draw pictures at client meetings; and, to leave behind MY notes, written in MY way for the client to keep. It leaves a lasting, and often long (often) observed memory.
Posted by: Brian | March 25, 2009 at 03:41 PM
I completely agree with this. I've used visual techniques in the past and have had great success.
Posted by: Barbara Mauro | March 11, 2009 at 02:25 PM