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Tell Me About Yourself

A Blog to Serialize the Book Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling that Propels Careers

Url:	http://astoriedcareer.com/tell_me/
Author(s):	Kathy Hansen
Language:	English
Tags:	storytelling, job search, career
Description:	This blog serializes the first edition of the book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling that Propels Careers (shown below). It is a blog-within-a-blog, and its parent blog is A Storied Career.
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Business Process Redesign/Re-engineering

Sample story:I was team leader for a re-engineering project. My team was responsible for change management for the implementation. We had no in-house change-management expertise, so a consulting fi...more

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Telling Stories about Change

A major premise of this book is that the job-seeker or worker who can successfully convey — through stories — his or her ability to lead, communicate, and handle organizational change h...more

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Preview of this book

This book is rooted in my dissertation research for my Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Union Institute & University. I’ve made an exhaustive study of what scholars and experts have ...more

2009-11-27

Stories told well help you portray yourself as a strong communicator

Effectively using stories in job-seeking venues offers the further benefit of demonstrating your communication skills, which is significant because most employers seek candidates who communicate we...more

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Stories paint vivid pictures

Remember when your parents read or told you stories when you were a child? You undoubtedly visualized the story as a sort of movie in your brain. Job-seekers can use colorful and even entertaining ...more

2009-11-25

Stories explain key life/career decisions, choices, and changes

Especially revealing to employers are personal and career stories about coping strategies, risky moves, choices made under pressure, imperfections, and lessons learned from mistakes, failures, and ...more

2009-11-24

Stories illustrate skills, accomplishments, values, characteristics, qualifications, expertise, stre

Employers don’t want to know merely the dry facts of what you’ve done. They want examples, anecdotes, illustrations — stories. You can showcase just about any skill with a story (...more

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Stories help you stand out

Consider that many job-seekers or co-workers vying for the same position you seek probably have qualifications that are similar to yours. But will they be describing those qualifications to employe...more

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Stories establish an emotional connection between storyteller and listener ...

… and inspire the listener’s investment in the storyteller’s success. When stories convey moving content and are told with feeling, the listener feels an emotional bond with the s...more

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Stories establish trust

Trust has grown into a significant issue in recruitment. High-profile job-seekers who’ve been caught lying on their resumes are just one reason employers are reluctant to trust job-seekers. I...more

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