Too Many Interviews?

Not too many people reach out to me because they are getting too many interviews. But I wish more would. Because if you are getting lots of interviews and still hunting, something is wrong. Most likely you really have incredibly weak interview skills. Lots of people do. Even those who interview people for a living can have very poor interview skills. Being interviewed and interviewing others are not the same.

Being a great communicator about products and services, or even a great interviewer, doesn't necessarily mean you are great at communicating about yourself. That's a whole different skill set; one that you might not have mastered.

And with virtually all decisions about who gets the job and who doesn't being made in interviews, when you are a weak interviewer there are many lost opportunities. That's fine if there are unlimited options for roles that would interest you but if you are a CFO looking for a job, those poor interview skills are a major problem since there is only one CFO job per company. Every time you fail because of those poor skills, you lose one more possible, narrowing down the chances you land the role you want even further.

There's another thing to keep in mind: most organizations are determining comp for the hire in the interview. It's in the interviews that they are deciding low-end of the salary range OR let's get approval to go beyond the range.

The interview experience of you is what sets your wage.

If you are weak at interviewing, you are literally hurting your income (not just for this year but for every year thereafter since raises are typically a percentage of your income).

There are some skills you can afford to be average (or even poor at) but this one can't be your weakness. It's impacting your income for all the years you work in that job. And that's impacting your entire family.

That's why I wish more people who are getting lots of an interviews would reach out for help. These lost opportunities could be completely eliminated. And the time looking, greatly reduced.

When you decide to improve your interview skills. There really are only 4 ways to go about becoming a better interviewer. I've listed them below from least expensive ($) to most expensive ($$$$).

Google It - $

There's literally millions of hours of video and blog content on networking. Google the topic and have at it. Somewhere in that content you will find approaches that will work for you. And then just implement them. If you now start getting interviews, that's proof positive that networking was what held you back.

LinkedIn Premium - $$

Sign up for LinkedIn Premium. Ask the question in the Premium Career Group. There 2,999,999 members of that group. You will get lots of experts chiming in with ideas on how to network. Somewhere in that content you will find approaches that will work for you. And then just implement them. If you now start getting interviews, that's proof positive that networking was what held you back.

Online Group Coaching - $$$

Sign up for an online, group coaching program. There's literally tons of companies now offering this for a fee. Just Google "online career coaching." You will find that anywhere from $5 a month to $50 a month, they will give you access to live sessions to ASK THE EXPERT you issue. No doubt there's upgrades available for personal service where you can submit your networking question and get an answer from their team.

Strategic Coaching - $$$$

Sign up for a strategic coaching program. This is where someone meets with you and reviews everything you are doing (typically for about 90 minutes) and then provides you step-by-step support to address any and all issues until you achieve an interview. Some then offer an add-on services to upgrade your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn Profile. Often there's another add-on service if you get those interviews but can't seem to get the offers. And, with some, they even have a partner that will help you with offer negotiation. And even support during the first 90 days so that first review is **stellar**

Most people who sign up for our Strategic Coaching program have tried Google, LinkedIn Premium, and Online Group Coaching and then arrive at Strategic Coaching because they still aren't getting interviews for roles they want at organizations they want to join. There are some professionals who factor in the cost of their time and decide to jump right into Strategic Coaching. "It may seem more expensive," they say, "but it isn't. Once you factor in the time it takes to find, read, and process all that content to pull out that single gem that applies to my personal situation. Strategic coaching is the least expensive option."

Whatever your approach to getting more offers, it is key to do something. Just sitting around hoping it will change by itself usually doesn't work. Just doing more applications won't work either. In fact there is is some research to suggest that if you have applied to 90 jobs and not gotten offers, applying to 190 or 990 won't change the outcome. It's like if you have a terrible golf swing and miss every ball you try to hit. Getting a second bucket (or 15th) won't change the result. You have to address fixing the swing.

And one last thing -- please continue to ping me with your questions! I'm here for you! My?#1?mission in life is to see that every single professional out there lands a dream job!!