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"Improvisational Interviewing Techniques" workshop

Everyone has a fear in the back of their mind that they’ll get one of those “brain teaser” job interview questions…the “if you could be a brick in a wall, what brick would you be?” The worst thing to do in that situation—or any job interview, is to completely freeze and have no response.

Improv comedy techniques have little to do with being funny, but everything to do with really listening to what other people are saying before responding, and trusting your instincts to say the right thing. Many times I’ll be interviewing a candidate, or even at a networking event, make a comment to someone and they’ll respond with a something completely different. Many times that tells me that they were more concerned with what they wanted to say rather than listening to me, which is a huge turnoff.

This class is a series of group exercises that gets people working together and learning how to be “in the moment” and really listening to the rest of their team to build a complete story. We’ll also work on responding quickly to unexpected situations.

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Melanie Szlucha’s company Red Inc. helps job seekers land the jobs they want by writing resumes that get interviews, coaching clients to be more confident and prepared for interviews, and then appropriate strategies to follow up to land jobs. Her motto “Let’s Get Your A** a JOB!” reflects her no excuses, let’s do whatever it takes and let’s get it done NOW attitude to helping jobseekers get a job.

Melanie has over 15 years of experience as a hiring manager, and 5+ years as a job search coach. She has grown her business primarily through networking and word of mouth, and teaches clients to use those same skills to ramp up their search. She has an undergraduate degree in Business and an MBA from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.   

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