SELF MARKETING SEMINAR
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Keep posture in mind. Walk with a moderate stride with feet in a straight line, your head held high. When sitting, keep knees together, ankles together. Sit tall with hands in your lap.

The interviewer may be Type A – a “live-wire” who has good listening skills and interacts with you. Or, Type B – a “brain-dead” person who may seem disinterested, does not maintain eye contact and does not interact with you. It is your communication skills that make the interview go well.

A few other pointers before you go out: comb you hair and brush your teeth; watch what you wear in public. You never know if the person next to you in the grocery store will be your next perspective employer. You only have one chance to make a first impression.

Near the end of the seminar Whitley asked if we had noticed that she held a pen in her hand throughout the morning. She said that she gets nervous; when she focuses that nervousness on the pen, she is able to talk in a more relaxed and open way. What a great tool

       
                                 Mitzi Sanders with Whitley Sakas

Another interesting tool Whitley spoke about is wearing a pin. It often attracts another person’s attention and opens up a conversation. (I wonder how many of us will now start to wear or at least notice other's wearing pins?)


Whitley ended with questions about 11:15 a.m. – just as the Marina Restaurant was delivering our sack lunches. It was great timing. We are grateful to the folks at the Marina Restaurant for their professional service. They made the food part go smoothly.

While we ate the lunches, there were mixed comments from the girls about the seminar. One or two said too much emphasis was on the beauty side. One said she would have preferred mock interviews. However, several girls did comment that they learned some valuable tips.

                    

It is said the three most important things in business are location, location, location. At the seminar we learned the three most important things in marketing yourself are smile, smile, smile.

Kathy Purcell/ Education/WIN Cmte Co-Coordinator

*Whitley is a Talent Consultant, offering pageant coaching, talent instruction, interview training and poise classes. You can reach her at (360) 683-2343, 202 Land’s End Ln, Sequim, WA 98382

 


       Thank You


The Hasting’s Trust has once again sent a $4000 donation to Soroptimist of Sequim for our Women In Networks (WIN) Program. The number of lives touched by the program makes this generous gift priceless. Thank you, Carol Sanders, for your continued support of this wonderful program.


 
 
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