Storytelling for Job Interviews
What you'll learn
- Unleash the power of stories - the number one skill in business today
- Distinguish yourself from the rest of the interview pack
- Land a job in three interviews or less (not more than 50!)
- Define, find, match, construct and prepare your own stories
- Take on tricky questions like: "What's your biggest weakness?"
- Use your stories in the first 90 days of your new role and beyond
Requirements
- To get the most out of this course it is important that you have identified a job/s you would like to apply for
- Make sure you download the accompanying ebook that will guide you through the content and activities during the course
- You will need to have the job description/requirements for the job/s you are interested in
- Although you don't need to have an interview lined up, it is important that you have already worked on your CV and initial application so that you will proceed to the next selection stage, the interview
Description
YOU HAVE LESS THAN 60 MINUTES TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION IN A JOB INTERVIEW.
DON’T WASTE TIME STATING ALL THE BORING FACTS FROM YOUR RESUME.
Use stories to build trust, credibility and engage with your future employer – fast – to land your dream job.
With exercises and step-by-step instructions, this book will teach you how to tell stories about your personal and professional life to connect with your interviewer and stand out from all the other candidates.
Through the use of storytelling, you’ll demonstrate your capabilities and values, and how valuable an asset you are to any team, organisation and your future employer – no matter what stage you’re at in your career.
THIS COURSE WILL HELP YOU TO:
• unleash the power of stories – the number one skill in business today
• distinguish yourself from the rest of the interview pack
• land a job in three interviews or less (not more than 50)
• define, find, match, construct and prepare your own stories
• take on tricky questions like: ‘What’s your biggest weakness?’
• use your stories in the first 90 days of your new role and beyond.
GABRIELLE DOLAN is an expert in communication and a global thought leader in business storytelling, as well as a highly sought-after keynote speaker and mentor. She is also the best-selling author of Ignite: Real Leadership, Real Talk, Real Results and Hooked: How Leaders Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling.
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for anyone who is looking to build trust, credibility and engagement with their future employer - fast - to land their dream job
- For those entering the workforce for the first time, the exercises and step-by-step instructions in this course will teach you how to tell stories about your personal and professional life to connect with your interviewer and stand out from all the other candidates
- If you are re-entering the workforce after a break, you will learn how to demonstrate your capabilities and values to demonstrate how you are a valuable asset to any team, organisation or future employer
- The successful use of storytelling will also help those who are interested in changing careers or industries by demonstrating your capabilities, values and skills
Course content
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Instructor
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Gabrielle Dolan can tell you a story or two.
In fact, it was while working in a senior leadership role at National Australia Bank that she realised the power of storytelling in effective business communication. Since that epiphany, Gabrielle has found her calling as a global thought leader on authentic leadership and business storytelling.
A highly sought-after keynote speaker, educator and author, Gabrielle has worked with thousands of high-profile leaders from around the world and helped countless of Australia’s top 50 ASX companies and multinationals to humanise their communications - Australia Post, ANZ, NAB, Telstra, Accenture, VISA and International Committee Red Cross to name drop a few.
She holds a master’s degree in management and leadership from Swinburne University, an associate diploma in education and training from the University of Melbourne, and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education in both the Art and Practice of Leadership Development and Women and Power: Leadership in a New World.
Gabrielle is also the bestselling author of Ignite: Real Leadership, Real Talk, Real Results (2015) which reached the top 5 on Australia’s bestselling business books. Her other published books include Storytelling for Job Interviews (2016), Hooked: How Leaders Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling (2013), and Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling (2017).
Bringing humanity to the way business people communicate isn’t just a career, it’s a calling. The ultimate expression of her passion for the cause is her Jargon Free Fridays movement/ global revolution.