Impress a potential employer with your elevator speech.
Imagine riding in an elevator with the one person who has the power to give you your next job. What would you say to him during that brief ride that could convince him that you're the right person for the job? The "Elevator Speech" is a brief, snappy way of introducing who you are to employers. Present your key skills, what makes you unique and what you're looking for in 30 seconds or less.
Instructions
1. Prepare for your elevator speech by taking stock. Think about what you consider your most impressive accomplishments, what makes you most proud and what you think makes you stand out in a crowd of your peers.
2. Think about your current job title or the key skills you have and consider how you would to describe what you do to someone else.
3. Consider what you want to do and why you want the job. Examine reasons unique to you and what you've done in the past that leads you to this point.
4. Pull out two or three impressive achievements that relate directly to the job opening and name those achievements in your speech. Your speech needs to express how you can contribute to the job just as much as what you hope to gain from it.
5. Put it together in no more than three short sentences. The speech should encompass who you are, what you can do and what makes you far and away the best person for the job.
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