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Thought Task

People

specific example. people

ho? How? What are employers looking for in
en? Why? terms of people skills?
re? Your role?
Circumstances
t did you do?
How? Businesses know that your ‘people’ skills are often the key to success, so it
Why? is no surprise that they will be particularly interested in how well you work in
teams, how well you manage and lead people, how confident and credible you
id you do next? are with customers and how well you develop people.

Outcome Action
her views/
Feedback Interviewers want to know how well you work in
mparisons teams, manage, lead and develop people, and
y hard data how credible you are with customers.
Learning
Results

At entry and middle levels of recruitment the interviewer will be most interested
in your interpersonal skills; at higher levels they will want to see that you think
strategically about people issues and that you can build strong teams around
you. At all levels they will be interested in issues such as:

n how well you handle conflict
n how you consult, engage and bring people in
n how good you are at influencing
n what your management/leadership style is like
n how self-aware you are

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