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Selling Yourself in the Job Interview 141 crew at night. Whatever you do need never show up on your
resumé.
There is no such thing as a demeaning job; there are only people who consider themselves too good to do certain kinds of work. Overqualified, yes. Demeaning, no.
Once you have the right attitude about a job interview, there are certain strategies you can use both on your resumé and during the interview itself that will go a long way toward guaranteeing your success.
Primary interview objectives
Identify your strongest skills or areas of experience
Most of us are not totally one-dimensional. Unless we’re just starting out in a career search or have had highly specialized tech- nical careers, we probably have several strong suits. It’s not un- usual for someone to be skilled and have a background in more than one area:
• Planning.
• Organization.
• Production management.
• Personnel management.
• Budget and financial planning.
• System design.
• Sales.
• Marketing.
• Training and development.
• Editing.
• Public relations.
• Communications.
Analyze your work history to pinpoint precisely the central, basic categories of your skills and experience rather than the spe- cific duties of a job you’ve held.
For example, you were an analyst/administrator of the XYZ Corporation rather than program officer in charge of impact state- ments for the office of Environmental Compliance.