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Executive Interview Coaching 

Program Description:

This program is our most tailored support available

You will receive 14 personalized one-on-one interview coaching sessions total -- 10 with your dedicated Executive Career Coach plus 4 private coaching session with Career Resume Consulting Founder, Tammy Kabell.

 You will be prepared and confident to interview with an Executive presence

Each session will be a 45-50 minute recorded video call which you can watch via a private link later and/or download to your computer. Topics cover best practices for executive-level interviewing; which may range from your answering strategy to questions you should be asking, to how best to tell your achievement stories.

Sessions can also be focused on preparing for upcoming interviews, specifically

For example, if you have interviews scheduled that week, we will focus on preparing you for those specific interviews. If you don't have any interviews scheduled that week, the coaching will focus on foundational interviewing tactics and knowledge as well as shoring up your biggest areas for improvement to better prepare for the interviews to come.

Personalization is key
Every job search is different and we've learned that being adaptable and focused and prioritizing our time with our clients is the key to landing a position that is a great fit for our client in the shortest time possible. By teaching clients these skills and tactics in real-time and in real-world scenarios, our clients find the information not only to be more impactful, but find that these are skills they remember and utilize for the rest of their careers.

Long-Term Benefits
 You will have lifetime access to an extensive library of executive interview resources as well as the recorded video sessions, and of course the live coaching itself.

Curriculum:

You and your Executive Search Coach will determine what subjects are personalized for your particular situation. 

You will have lifetime access to an extensive online library of resources as well as the recorded videos of the training sessions, and of course the live one-on-one coaching itself. 

Each coaching session is via a video call and recorded, and you will be given a private link to each coaching session, where you can stream it online and/or download it for your permanent file.

Here are many of the subjects that we can coach you through in order to master each one:

1. Review your personal liabilities and challenges in your search, like ageism, unemployment, etc., and develop strategies to overcome them 
2. (If not branded): Determining your three core strengths 
3. (If not branded): How to quantify your achievements 
4. (If not branded): Assigned the instructional LinkedIn video from Tammy to watch – be sure to add quantifiable achievements if possible 
5. How to create a cheat sheet of stories/answers and questions to ask the interviewer 
6. Assigned video for how to get multiple LinkedIn recommendations from Tammy, plus assigned reading “Professional References and Testimonial References” your online repository
7. How to research a company and an interviewer prior to the first phone interview 
8. Assigned “Informational Interviewing: Asking the Right Questions” in the online repository
9. Review the “10 Steps to a Stellar Phone Interview” with the client 
10. Discuss how to best work with Recruiters – Assigned “Getting the Most from Recruiters” in the repository
11. How to answer the “tell me about yourself” question: the 60-second interview commercial ending in your 3 core strengths 
12. Learn and apply the SOAR format of storytelling 
13. Learn the answering strategy of giving a general answer first, followed by a transition statement, and ending with a specific story with a quantifiable outcome 
14. Develop stories for each of their 3 core strengths and rehearse those stories 
15. Cover the 5 interview questions you need to know the answer to, and your answers prior to each important interview 
16. Questions to ask in a phone interview 
17. How to begin and how to end a phone interview 
18. How to fill out a reference sheet 
19. Learn advanced research about the hiring manager and company before a face-to-face interview - CRC additional research assistance is available
20. Develop the flow of a great interview: turn it from a Q&A session to a comfortable conversation 
21. When to interject the first question to turn it into a conversation 
22. Develop questions to ask in a face-to-face interview  
23. Exuding confidence and executive presence, both verbally and nonverbally 
24. The ARTS method of overcoming objections 
25. Building rapport at the beginning of the interview 
26. Assigned “Target Company Insights” 
27. 80/20 rule of interviewing to build the Know/Like/Trust factor
28. Body movements you can do to build rapport and an unconscious connection with the interviewer: nonverbal communication and Neurolinguistic Programming techniques
29. Ways to increase your confidence level and leadership presence 
30. Advanced Storytelling: The Hero’s Journey story format 
31. Interview Follow-up Best Practices 
32. How to end every face-to-face interview 
33. Panel Interviewing 
34. All-day Marathon Interviewing – Keeping your energy up and special cheat sheets 
35. Mastering the video interview
36. Warming up a Cold hiring process 
37. Access to the $1,000 Charisma course (optional to watch) 
38. How to answer the most common challenge questions, like “what’s your greatest weakness” and any other topic you have the slightest hesitancy on how to answer 
39. The importance of asking each interviewer their opinions and different techniques for specific circumstances – Maslow’s hierarchy of needs  
40. How to communicate (written & in person) more like an executive and master your executive presence