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Phrase That Doesn’t Pay

What are two of most common phrases uttered by most people?  Before you answer this question, stop and think for a moment.  As you formulate your answer to this, or almost any question, if speaking out loud, chances are you will pause for a millisecond before opening your mouth, and then, what’s the first sound most people make? Um, let me give you a little hint.  Uh, maybe it’s not something you think of or do consciously, but it comes out of more people’s mouths than they realize.
 
During regular conversation we frequently use “Um” or “Uh” when we’re formulating what we want to say.  We also utter these sounds when we are stunned or confused by a question, don’t really know what to say or how to respond, and at myriad other times.  According to linguist, Mark Liberman, “um” is uttered on average at least once every sixty words we speak.  That’s an awful lot of pause words in the course of the day.
 
Even though you may have studied English, taken public speaking courses, or you are an active member of Toastmasters, you will still occasionally use “vocal disfluencies” or filler words when you’re waiting for your mouth to catch up to your brain.  Also among the more common utterances are the word “like” and the phrase, “you know.” “Right?” is currently is heavy rotation too.  And while formal training in public speaking can help us learn to minimize such usage, for many of us, it has become part of our patois and unavoidable and persists unconsciously.
 
In our youth, enjoinders such as the ones just mentioned, are not just common, but almost accepted as part of casual speech. They are part of our brain’s mechanism for handling  ....  (read more:  https://hanklondon.com/phrase-that-doesnt-pay/)

Every few weeks we pose a question you might get asked during an interview and a suggestion on how you might formulate your answer. 

This week’s question:

 
Why do you feel you are better at this position than someone else?

This can be a slippery slope of a query. Let’s be real: You can’t possibly know the worthiness of another candidate for a position, even if you personally know someone else who is applying for the same job. As such, do not attempt to address another’s skills or experience in relation to the job you’re applying for. Focus your answer on YOU and the relevance of what you know and what you do as they can be applied to this job. Convey your industry insight and awareness, your professional intuitiveness, your creativity, open-mindedness, dedication, and the applicability of your past work to do what this employer needs done. Combine that with the addressing of your knowledge of the company's products and/or services, as well as your awareness of the company's needs and goals. Then, confidently express that you have the knowledge and the ability to successfully fulfill those needs. Knowing the employer’s needs will help you focus on why you are well suited to the position, rather than why you may be better than another candidate.

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