BODY LANGUAGE( INTERVIEW)

BODY LANGUAGE (INTERVIEW)

Interview makes us all anxious, particularly if one is fresher! What do you think is more important in an interview: what you say about or body language? The answer is BODY LANGUAGE! It will help your candidacy.

Controlling the message isn't just about knowledge and words. It can also be about controlling your body and imparting the right body language.

In a job interview, it’s likely that your body language will have more of a positive impact on your success. Many job seekers practice what they are going to say in an interview, but few think about body language.

There’s an old adage that communication is 7% verbal and 93% nonverbal, messages and/or meaning are communicated in the following ways:
 - 55% by body language
 - 38% by your intonation, pauses and sighs.
 - 7% by what you actually say

Body Posture:

A good posture is your best bet to show the interviewer that you are prepared, confident and a professional.

Leaning back suggests boredom or lack of interest.

Don’t crowd the interviewer by leaning in too closely or over his or her desk. Leaning in slightly will show that you are listening closely and interested in what they have to say.

Sitting or standing, a straight back posture is the best looking, most professional pose.
During the interview sit up straight, relax your shoulders, and fold your hands together in your lap. Some people don't know what to do with their hands, so it is best to keep them folded. Don't fold your arms across your chest. This can indicate a defensive attitude.

Body Language Postures.

The posture with arms and legs crossed (POSTURE B) is called a CLOSED posture. It usually signifies a defensive or negative attitude, but beware of misinterpretation - the person may just be cold. The other posture with arms and legs uncrossed (POSTURE A) is called an OPEN posture and usually suggests a more relaxed, open attitude.

Physical Gestures:

Siting/standing upright during an interview signals – “I am confident”, without craning your neck. Do not slouch (sit in lazy).

Look attentive, keen and interested.

Any fast, pointing, repeated or aggressive hand gestures should be kept to a minimum.

Listen to the queries attentively, Keep up good eye contact. But don’t eyeball them all the time.

Speak clearly but not too fast, maintaining a pitch that is comfortably audible to the person(s) around. Don't speak in a monotone voice- this show a lack of enthusiasm

Do not get overexcited even while describing your achievements and strengths.

Don't fidget (move or behave nervously) or became overly rigid. It can be very distracting to the interviewer.

Make sure to show enthusiasm in the interview: smile, nod your head, interjecting appropriately with ‘Yes Sir/Madam’, absolutely, definitely etc.

Avoid “chopping gestures" chop gestures can psychologically cut up the space between you and your interview in an aggressive way.

As You Enter:

Depending upon whether you are being interviewed by one person or a panel of interviewers, greet politely, smilingly ‘Good Morning’/Afternoon or Evening depending upon time of the day.

If there are more than one person then address them as ‘Sirs/Madams’ and try to encompass them all in your greeting. If there is only one lady in the panel, it is polite to greet her separately.

Do not sit down unless you are asked to.

Facing the Interviewers:

As you sit across the interviewer (s), look confident, energetic and relaxed. In most cases the interviewers themselves will try to put you at ease. Believe that they will let you to prove your worth and mean no harm to you.

"Body language in a job interview can, unbelievably, make the difference between getting a job or not. So before going on your next interview, make sure to practice your body language.”

INTERNSHIP, TRAINING

INTERNSHIP, SUMMER TRAINING AND PROJECTs…AH! The sound of these words causes all students to shy away. But unfortunately, there’s no way to escape. One can’t graduate from the college without completing these. Now, let’s be honest, in all seriousness, how many of us have actually done the internships or projects? Most of you go out in the name of  internship and just get a namesake certificate. Show off that awesome project that we didn't put any effort into and just bought it for a price. That’s what we all do right but now, those kinds of smartness do not work anymore.

A few years ago you could have a job by just having a degree certificate in hand. That isn't the case anymore. Due to global slowdown and shortage of skilled workforce, now, most HRs take a look at your project, internship etc. Once they have reviewed those, it’s pretty easy for them- pick the best performer. In fact, internships are now considered as a selection tool to recruit the top talents by companies like TCS, Wipro, SAG Info tech etc. The company reviews the candidate performance during their tenure with the company and the good performers are or will be hired. Training Institutes are a BIG NO NO!!! (Unless they are run/backed up by a prominent organization that has market presence over a decade, like SAG IT ACADEMY Training and development institute by Sag info tech).  If you want to do an internship, you have to do it in a certified company, preferably a big company, like TCS, Wipro, SAG info tech etc.

If you want to know about the internship opportunities, all you need to do is contact the company, read history, gather information about that company, go through their internship program, ask your seniors who might be working in these companies. In the age of social media it hardly matters if you don’t have their phone numbers, reach out to them through  Facebook, Twitter etc.

SAG Info tech has come up with a unique model of  unique model, “Our programs combine domain expertise with world-class learning methodologies that result in meeting learners’ objectives to align them to industry expectations. Our unique hybrid delivery model leverages the strength of various technologies to deliver a world-class learning experience, while keeping the fee affordable.

Technology enables access to high-quality interaction with industry experts– particularly beneficial to students from B and C cities. This is a boon to colleges that are not located in metro cities. We hope that we can enable the students to attain their dream careers. Today employability is far bigger a challenge than unemployment”.

An internship is like a career ladder which will give you and your resume more value. Why to wait for campus placements to understand what a job feels like? Go out there, do an internship and you will gain valuable experience that would categorically help you to get your dream job. So start now….. Search, Get connected and Do your Internship in the best organization.


Anil Mastana
                                                                                                               

TO LIVE LIFE “BIG”.

                                                    TO LIVE LIFE “BIG”.

Go After extra-ordinary in you:

Society/ people always want to beat the astounding out of you. You’re surrounded by people who will never give you permission to follow your dreams, your burning desire; they want you to stay the way you are like them.  You’ll get lots of advice to play it safe, don’t take chances, and confirm to the way everyone else does things.  Most of those people mean well, but their advice is not going to take you where you want to go. They will do whatever they can to stop you or your burning desire.

To live a rich life, you have to challenge yourself and go after BIG dreams.  You have to take risks and be willing to fail, accept failures knowing that even in those failures, you will be learning lessons, developing character, and moving closer to your goals.  The person who attempts to climb the mountain and fails to reach the pinnacle, still lives a richer life than the person who stays home watching it on TV.

Your gift – the ability to be extraordinary – is still inside you. You just have to decide you’re not willing to settle for mediocrity any more.

Give Selfishly:

One has to learn, The Virtue of Selfishness. How can one help other until he is not in a position or state of resourcefulness, you got to be strong, resource full, in order to bring change as for running a vehicle one need fuel, I see the word as defining enlightened self-interest, I give a great deal too many different causes, but do so for a very selfish reason:  the joy it brings me. Get yourself in a position of strength – and you’ll be amazed how much good you can do. Do whatever you can afford. If you see your main purpose in life as serving others, you probably have a very low opinion of yourself, and have worthiness issues that haven’t been resolved. People who spend their existence worrying solely about the needs of others and not themselves are not noble, benevolent, and spiritual.  They are just crazy. People who don’t look after their own needs first, really can’t help others in a healthy way.  They can console them, participate in their drama, or enable their co-dependence, but they can’t offer them real, meaningful help. Want to save the world?  Great, it needs all the help it can get start by making sure your own needs are met first.  Get the money thing out of the way.

Exercise Every Day:

Healthy body has healthy mind, to live a prosperous life you must have good health.  Everything starts from there.  And every day goes better; get your blood moving and respiratory system bringing lots of fresh oxygen into your body.  When you work out every day, ward off sickness better, and have more sustained energy for the things that matter, your activity increase that in results increase your productivity.  And when you’re in shape, you can reward yourself with that occasional pizza, rabdi malai, desi ghee; sweets or whatever not-so-healthy treats without bad consequences.

Stand Up for What You Believe In: 

When was the last time you stood up for something?  Yes! Sometimes you will be ignored.  Sometimes you will be out of favor.  And sometimes you change the world. Every one of us really does have the opportunity to change the world at various times.

Speak for those who aren’t able or strong enough to speak for themselves.  There are kids committing suicide because of fear of ragging, competition, failure, people looking for  mere excuses to kill each other, young people being exploited , women in Taliban controlled territories who fear death because they want to learn to read, and many others without a voice who need yours.  It may just someone who needs to hear again that you love them.  Be that voice.

Hang Out with Some People Younger than You: Every generation comes of age with the arrogance (rather a feeling) that they can do better, and they rebel against the past but that’s the way society develops breaking the earlier mindsets. They improve, move things like fashion, music, language, philosophy and culture forward.  Then they get old and complain when the next generation does it to them. This is the vicious circle of life.

Find some people 15 or 20 years younger than you are, and soak up their energy.  See the world through the fresh perspective they offer.  It will keep you young.

Spend time with your elders:

Our culture is so rich and it graduates us to respect our elders, their experience.  These are some amazing people who have seen, done, and experienced things you can only imagine.  They have learned lessons of patience, empathy, values and understanding.

Find some people 15 or 20 years older than you are, and soak up their sagacity. See the world through the thoughtful perspective they offer. It will make you wiser.

Spend Less than You Earn:

I feel so proud about the fact that the world is practicing the word “save” a tradition practiced from centuries, deep in our root, again which proves that our culture our values have crossed the geographic boundaries and has extended globally. Love the simplicity of our culture. Real prosperity is not in earning more. Real prosperity is a mindset. That doesn’t mean you have to sell off everything and live as an ascetic (Unless you want to). Prosperity is having the things you need, but knowing also that the desire for more is the universe’s law of forcing you to grow. It’s hard to feel prosperous when you’re worried about getting evicted or having the power turned off.  That is a result that usually comes from making poor choices ahead of that.  Making the choice to defer pleasures or sometimes even needs because you don’t have the money now is what develops your character for true, lasting success.

Stop Caring What Other People Think about You:

Be bold.  Be different.  Be amazing. Be fearless. We live our life fearing what they (society and our relatives) would think about me.  Why their thoughts are so influential that their thoughts stops us from thinking. Don’t be a football of other opinion.  And just because you are ahead of them and time that some people will think you’re crazy.  Some will feel jealousy.  Some may even attack you and try to sabotage your efforts.  You can’t live your life for others the haters. They don’t even really hate you.  They hate themselves because they don’t have the guts to do what you’re doing, and they direct that frustration at you.  Love them, leave them and let them grow.  Just don’t spend too much time with them or you’ll start to think like they do.

If you wanted to climb a mountain, you’d take advice from a mountain climber.  If you want to learn to fly, you seek guidance from a pilot.  So if you want to be rich, stop taking advice from broke people.  And if you want to be happy, stop taking advice from people living lives of quiet desperation.

Look for the people who are living the kind of life you want to live and find ways to offer them value.  Those are the only ones you should care what they think about you. 

Find Time for the People You Love

The “breaking news,” Live your life big, out loud, and in colour.  Go after it.  Dare for greatness.  Just know that the most important moments will be with the people who matter most to you.  Pick up the phone and call them right now. Take time out for a visit. No Facebook etc.

Find a moment to play or celebrate festival with your child or have daily tea with your parents and elders, have family gathering relatives dear near ones, once a year or two. Because one day, one of you will be gone.

And when you can look back on memories of joy with the people you love, you have truly lived rich.

ANIL MASTANA.