Having a CEO Mindset

When getting ready for a job interview, the most common thing to do is think about yourself:  past jobs, experience, knowledge, skills.  You build a resume and then talk that resume to the interviewer, stating everything you can do.  However, the interviewer does not want to know what a person can do, but rather what a person can specifically do for his business.  This is why it is important that you, the one who is going to being interviewed, do a needs assessment prior to the interview.  This involves studying the business, finding out what their needs are, and then evaluating what your skills are and how you can use those to meet the needs of that business.  Many people have an employee mindset rather than a CEO mindset when doing job interviews.  Put yourself in the shoes of the CEO of the business you are trying to get a job at.  What are the short-term and long-term needs of the business and what skills do you have that you can utilize in order to help meet those needs?  Present yourself as a solution rather than an option.  How could someone say no to a solution to their problems?  High Trust Selling by Todd Duncan is a great book that to purchase that expands on having a CEO mindset.

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