The Importance of the Handshake in a Job Interview
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The Importance of the Handshake in a Job Interview
I'm Don Varney of Varney Speaks and on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about the interview process. Let's talk about a few of the basic rules of the interview process. Some of the basic rules you want to look at are surprisingly, quite simple. One; eye contact. When you walk into that room, you want to be making eye contact with the interviewer as much as humanly possible. That doesn't mean the stare down, but that means also don't look away. Be confident in who you are. Then the next phase of this interview process is critical, and that's where your hand comes into play to where you actually do the handshake. Most people, sometimes they feel if they're more feminine, masculine, if they have a soft hand shake, or if they have a firm handshake. Each one for some reason seems to identify them. Here's what we found in the past in the professional world. That is you need a firm handshake. Firm means that I'm not going to squeeze your hand and break your knuckles, but it also doesn't mean that it's limp and soft. It's a nice firm handshake. Generally, does consisting of a one or two pumps and then remove your hand. It really becomes that simple. Let's just take a moment. You walk into the room, you have good eye contact, you walk up to that person, you stick your hand out, very nice to meet you, you sit down, and you had that hand out and you're off and rolling. That's one of the first of the basic rules of a good interview process.
I'm Don Varney of Varney Speaks and on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about the interview process. Let's talk about a few of the basic rules of the interview process. Some of the basic rules you want to look at are surprisingly, quite simple. One; eye contact. When you walk into that room, you want to be making eye contact with the interviewer as much as humanly possible. That doesn't mean the stare down, but that means also don't look away. Be confident in who you are. Then the next phase of this interview process is critical, and that's where your hand comes into play to where you actually do the handshake. Most people, sometimes they feel if they're more feminine, masculine, if they have a soft hand shake, or if they have a firm handshake. Each one for some reason seems to identify them. Here's what we found in the past in the professional world. That is you need a firm handshake. Firm means that I'm not going to squeeze your hand and break your knuckles, but it also doesn't mean that it's limp and soft. It's a nice firm handshake. Generally, does consisting of a one or two pumps and then remove your hand. It really becomes that simple. Let's just take a moment. You walk into the room, you have good eye contact, you walk up to that person, you stick your hand out, very nice to meet you, you sit down, and you had that hand out and you're off and rolling. That's one of the first of the basic rules of a good interview process.
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