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Tell Me About Yourself
A Blog to Serialize the Book Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling that Propels CareersInformation
| 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. |
| Ratings | Not rated yet. |
| Popularity: | 2 Followers |
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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 |
2009-11-29
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 |
2009-11-28
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 |
2009-11-26
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 |
2009-11-23
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 |
2009-11-22
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 |
2009-11-21
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 |
2009-11-20
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