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Louise Kursmark
Resume Writer and Career Consultant, Best Impression Career Services, Inc.
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Louise Kursmark, MRW, JCTC, CEIP, CCM One of the leading resume-writing experts in the United States, Louise is an authority on a wide range of career and employment issues. She has written 18 books about resume writing, interviewing, and job search and has been featured and quoted in countless online, print, and broadcast publications. Her passion is helping people “tell their story” in a way that is compelling, memorable, and relevant. As founder and president of Best Impression Career Services, Inc., Louise works directly with senior executives in career transition. She is also a founding board member of the Career Management Alliance, was the first person worldwide to earn the prestigious “Master Resume Writer” credential, and is a 6-time winner of "best resume" awards from two different professional associations.

What can I do to avoid getting nervous in interviews?

 

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Host: What can I do to avoid getting nervous in interviews?

Louise Kursmark: There are a couple of things that you can do. Number one is you can learn some techniques that will calm your nerves such as deep breathing and visualization and if you have a real problem with nerves in the interview, then I would suggest that you look up some resources on how to do that, so that you can learn to control that better. But one of the best things that you can do I think, if you have just the normal nerves and you want to just be a little bit on your game and not quite so anxious about it, is to think about instead of going in for an inquisition, which is a lot a way, a lot of people about interviews, instead you are going for a business discussion. You are trying to find out does the interviewer have something to offer to me? Do I have something to offer to the interviewer? Do I have skills and experience that can solve a problem for this company and do they have something that is going to make it interesting for me to come to work everyday?

If you think about going into a business meeting, it is much less frightening than going into an interview, so that mindset will help you to be relaxed and that approach as a problem solver will come across as extremely professional, extremely caring of the company and a much more positive image to convey during the interview than a hat-in-hand begging job seeker, just saying give me a job. So, translate in your mind from inquisition to business discussion.

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