Body Language That Gets The Job | Forbes 

I am beginning to think the business world discriminates against shy, introverted people. Interviewers should be required to read Susan Cain's book "Quiet". In contrast with Asian companies, the USA think of introverts (which comprise about 50% of the population) as second-class citizens. We are expected to project a commanding, masculine energy... She mentions dropping the voice for example and not giving a weak handshake. People are forced to become actors just in order to get a job...the most eloquent person wins...qualifications are second best. God, I'm sick of this crap. Everything is so fake these days.

Funny isn't it? 400 years ago, you would pop down to the local market, and wait until a farmer or a builder comes along and hires you for the day. Now you've gotta dress up in a perfectly-tailored suit, deliver the most flawless handshake physically possible, never let your voice break even once whilst answering all the dumb generic interview questions - only for all that effort to be rendered totally worthless when the manager's brother's son's best mate needs a job, and is automatically given it due to his connection.

I've always wondered why people with Autism struggle so much when it comes to finding employment, and often are only spoken of as working minimum wage jobs, despite having a degree, and now it makes so much sense. Almost everything she mentioned would exclude someone with Autism, who has trouble maintaining eye contact, or sitting in place from a position at that company. It's sad to see this blatant, and almost celebrated discrimination.

The camera moments almost look like "The Office."

I act in all my interviews. It gets you the job.

Well people asked me why the hell am I taking a Acting class in college when my major is in the law field...... This is why...

I tried this and they hired someone else for less than I was initially offered ($6500/mo). Now I'm on welfare and growing pot in my neighbor's unused garage. I'm making over $12,000/mo. Thank you for the video!

I'm pretty sure acting a job interview is 1000x easier than the real deal.....

I feel like this is so fake. For interviews I well prepare myself but i go in being genuine and myself instead of worrying to much. If you worry to much you will probably end up looking so nervous

Why hire a good actor for a non-acting job. Why do the non-sales jobs get filled with *the best sales person*. Most suck at hiring.

I think ACTING should be listed as one of the key competencies interviewers look for. That woman has very nice lips and chin!

theres also people thats introverts. Usually applying for a technical position and their not fluent in talking presenting. but as long as their honest, positive and great in their technical skill, HR & managers shouldnt dismiss them.

1:04 The "professional" just reached up and touched her face/ adjusted her glasses nervously. Total lack of confidence. Loser! You're fired!

Thank you for these tips, I'm sure I can apply these in my upcoming job interview :D

One time I was asked by an interviewer if I had a problem with working with younger workers than me, and it was the first time I was asked that really. I had always worked with younger and older well. Anyway, I said I was fine with working around younger people or being told what to do by them, and I thought about that prejudice question a few times. In the end I didn't get the job. Yet I landed one else were, and the age question wasn't asked there.

That was very hepful. Tkank you so much!

I am glad I came across this very helpful video ahead of my interview tomorrow. I feel a bit more confident and ready to ace the interview. Thanks

Perhaps if I had a MBA this might work, but what if you are applying at the mall for a crap job and your level of education intimidates the hiring manager?

Amazing sought of information. Simply great, really loved it.

This is great !!!

Excellent!!

Great Tips. Thanks for sharing!

I have Jahnke's book, 'The Well Spoken Woman'. It's very good and highly recommended.

Thank you!!!

good stuff, simply and helpfull :)

Great advice

Simple but helpful tips. Thank you

One day we will look back and feel ashamed of ourselves for thinking how we place our shoulders, how firm a handshake is etc. determines how others should perceive us. Communication >should< be 99% the words you chose to place together. Humanity loves games rather than facts. "Play social games is more valuable input than saying what you intend."

I think I've always done most of those things subconsciously. Good. My brain deserves a cookie now.

Or you can disregard all these and just be good looking

Great tips thanks.

Im having my first interview tomorrow. I feel like vomiting bc im so nervous

Always remember if you are face to face for an interview you genuinely are in with a shot of getting the job. Yes you will have competition but go in positive and passionate, does a world of good for your body language, charisma and likability.

dont over think it

I entirely agree with u ma'am

Thats a really long handshake at 0:40

Great video! thanks!

Wow impressive video thank you for providing

Very helpful

Thank you. This helps.

Nice projection by Christine's

Interesting. Will see if any of this can be applied at an important interview for me this week.

Very Useful vedio. thanks

So tight!

this video is good and interactive, I learned a lot

This is good...

Very impressive.

Great video

I have pretty well always been a better interviewee than my interviewer was an interviewer and I was getting sick of having to constantly fart in the elevator to lower myself to the interviewer's level.

Also, if I may. Do not cross your arms. Keep your arms open and if you'd like, cross your hands. Open arms signifies openness all around. If they have you sit in a seat that rocks or rolls, for heaven sakes, don't rock or roll the seat. Sit just as Christine suggested. Shaking leg syndrome? Be cognizant of your nerves and do not shake that leg. Hahaha... And remember to smile! ;)

Nice and product able

This is beside the point. Now that the economy has reduced the total number of jobs available, more people are looking for tips and tricks to help them get ahead, to be the one who rises to the top out of the hundred who are fighting for that one job. If more jobs were available, we would not be worrying ourselves for little things to get an edge, and the employers would not be looking for trifling little things as excuses to disqualify amongst a huge candidate pool that is adequately qualified.

Casting couch comes to mind.

good

Had my first job interview today, wish i had more time to research cause it went bad :/

***** to this presentation

The problem is not if you get the job, the problem is if you like the job you are interviewing for.

From some younger years of experience with being in interviews, older women that interviewed me cared more during the moment of interaction than the younger ladies did. I would give the younger lady my job experience which matched what I applied for, and the older ladies seemed more mature with handling body English and the job situations, and the younger ladies kept changing subject without care, they didn't seem to care to get to know me really. Or my face wasn't attractive enough. I heard recently that sometimes ladies want a cute guy to talk to at a job rather than to listen to you with the jobs your experience with. Older ladies 30 years and up tend to be more structured to see who fit for the job position in my opinion. Nothing against younger ladies, there wonderful to socialize with, but in interviews they seem to just rush through the question's without feel of personality. I've noticed some retail stores some young associates are rather shy around customers rather than getting to know them a bit.

Janicke's perception about the directions that a person looks while listening to another’s words perpetuates the “belief” that if one does NOT keep eye contact with the speaker it means the listener is NOT paying attention & therefore would not be a good choice for employment.. Her recommendation is for job seekers to act like the “Auditory” learners/communicators in a job interview. Yes, one can do that however, once a person is hired, if they are to work closely with the interviewer/employer and the employee goes back to memorizing what is being said by Visually processing verbal content (which means looking away while listening) then the beginning of discord will follow & grow between the two workers for the reason that the employer now feels that the new hire is not listening /paying attention. For more information on interpersonal communication I recommend looking up Eye Accessing Cues that are found in some of the NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) books that have been published in the last 30+ years or so. Then one can learn about repore skills, better understand their own communication style, how to better understand others, working to create a Win-Win outcome for both people involved and beyond one on one relating. As “heavy mechanic 2,” said, “what if you are applying at the mall for a crap job & your level of education intimidates the hiring manager ?"

Good basic stuff. The concept of mirroring is pretty powerful. So much so that we have an entire section about that specifically. There's some interesting stuff here that is up to debate.

People complaining that they have to be "fake" or actors, because someone if taking about ways to make a better impression... Sheesh.

I was here because school told me to be here

One thing that drives me up the wall is when people play with various body parts like ears, hair, beards, etcetera... Its OK to use your hands, but quit playing with your self. Hand wringing is bad too. If your hands need something to do, use them to express thoughts and enhance the conversation, but never play with yourself during a conversation.

You prpbably dont know how it works when people reflect on something or think - they usually cannot focus on you at the same time! This is awkward and nobody does this - unless it is a small talk. This is a very well known psychological fact.

I got it, just make sure your body language is "subsnitititive" and you're home and dry!

Do not watch the movie 'i heart huckabees' before an interview. And don't hit on the interviewer... If she's married. Just ask if she's married first thing and that'll prevent you from that pitfall. I found out

JUST BE YOURSELF!

Peace recommends an open hand and if watch the video closely, the lady in red uses her hands to invite the other person. Note her palms are almost always open and up. Good video but adding a caption showing the "inviting" nature of the hands could make this video great.

2021

Find out who is interviewing you and look them up on Facebook. That way you get a really good feel for who the interviewer is. I also research the company before I apply, so I know exactly what company is calling me and even where they are located. Also, the lumosity, elevate and rosetta stone brain training programs (even the free versions, which is what I use) help a lot with memory recall and vocabulary, which is really helpful in interviews.

I work projects and interview once or twice a year. If I interviewed with either of these people I might say, "Thanks for your time, but I am not interested Working here would be constant judgement of everything but my work"

Hells Bells! This gal says to do the opposite of what I've been doing. I've read that if you have to have a short pause to think of something, to always look up, which indicates honesty and intelligence; as opposed to looking down, which can indicate trying to make something up and/or lack of serious intellect.

i always give potential employers a stink palm

These are good ways to get people to make a great first impression. Good suggestions!

You'd think these so called qualified interviewer's would see under the surface of someone who's shy or timid, instead, they only respond favourably to the extrovert types. They could be total bullshitters! But hey, that doesn't matter! They ticked the right 'appearance' boxes ....

It use to be that you don't ever reach out first, let the other person reach out before shaking hands. I think it was just right here; although it could have been just a little shorter or not as long.

Good information. I don't care for the shaky camera method. Also, be sure and clear the room of background distractions. The people quickly leaving were distracting.

This was the magazine that did a Hatchet job on the Wolf of Wall Street isn't it?

it feels awkward to be looking into someone's eyes lmao.

goddamn the bass in this video is stronk

Voice tone + Etching glass = Hillary Clinton HAHAHAHAHAHA

vive les R&Ts

I had 2 interview in the past 2 months , in both of the place the chair was horrible and I could not have a good body language . why they don't make it comfortable for people .

My initial impressions: 1.) hair for both parties -is there a looking glass in the room? ; 2.) pants suits -is this a asexual expression? ; 3.) males at the pub learn these attributes by late teens yet it is cute to hear woman pass along their trade secrets

"More quickly" - from the author of the Well-Spoken Woman...

giao tiếp tiếng anh thật đơn giản sau khi học tại trung tâm anh ngữ lesh. trung tâm có đội ngũ giáo viên bản ngữ giảng dạy.chuẩn người bản xứ,nhiệt tình, vui vẻ

I have an issue.. A birth disorder, My right pupil keeps moving continuously , Does that mean I will never get any job to my liking?

Bottom line: People in HR are silly and give disproportionate importance to things that are unimportant for the job. You are expected to be completely fake with them, then show your true personality and skills when you get to the next stage of the interview where you talk to someone who actually knows what the job is about.

Look at these videos. We should have to make a choice among the videos appeared on right side, i chose them based on their body language after watching this clip. :D

L’attitude à adopté pour avoir un travail est qu'il faut bien articuler et parler à haute et intelligible voix. Regarder le recruteur dans les yeux et les garder bien ouvert, ne pas montrer une impression de fatigue ou pensive (ne pas avoir la tete dans les nuages). Aussi saluer le recruteur en attrapant toute sa pomme de main mais pas de façon agressive et avec un sourire. Enfin avoir une posture droite, les épaules carré, la colonne vertébrale bien droite et les mains devant.

remember to fake that shake, strong and firm baby strong and firm. This will distract them from your pulling their wallet from their back pocket. Strong and firm.

lmao these sarcastic comments got me dying

Beware of women in pants

Looking people in the eyes during interviews makes me even more nervous.

Just be slightly creepy and show dominance through staring and shouting everything you say.

KNOWING YOUR SHIT GETS YOU THE JOB

A life of sucking up is a life of sucking.

This video gives great advice, thanks for sharing! Making a simple mistake, like slouching or a lack of eye contact, can change the way an interviewer views you. Like mentioned, always make eye contact and smile. Your potential employer will not only be looking at your qualifications, but also evaluating whether or not you’ll fit into the company culture. Be confident and most importantly show your excitement for the job. Don’t let your body language tell a different story than your resume. -Ali

"A Big Mask" That Gets The Job

These standards work for America maybe, I'm not sure if they work full in East Europe. Not to say about Asia, Africa, Arabia where the interview rules are quite different. But anyhow the attitude and psychological preparation for the interview are crucial.