Lately, I guess due to the
recession, and the market of the employers and certainly not employees, I
attend to people, who are very unhappy professionally and otherwise, and
desperately looking for desirable employment, but failing over and over
numerous of interviews.
There are several reasons why
that president takes place.
For example, my very recent
client was a man in his early 60’s who, about a couple of months ago, lost a
very good engineering position.
When I spoke to that person
over the phone, being a voice specialist, I right a way, made a mental note
that his voice sounds very low positioned, quite raspy with quite heavy
European accent and with a very faint pronunciation.
I did invite him for a
consultation and we have begun firstly talking about the application of his
voice, which, in my opinion, could be very distractive during his future
interview with a future employer.
His voice was very dry and
needed moisture and lubrication, if to compare it to, so to speak, musical
instrument.
His vocal cords would require
some strengthening.
His throat would have to be
cleared from the excess of mucus, which was producing quite noticeable
raspiness.
After his “instrument” would become
clear, I would need to lift his voice, via special speech exercises, off of the
vocal cords and thus, release his vocal box of the excessive pressure of the
sound.
We would need to work on his
pronunciation (diction), annunciation, accent modification, inflection and
emphasis, phrasing, speed and intonation.
After all of this, my client
would at least be able to make himself clear and understood.
He would know not only what
he was talking about, (electronic engineering), but also, how he was talking
about it.
So, from the point of view of
the voice application, the first part of the mission would be accomplished.
The second part, especially
given that the person was an immigrant, in spite of his very impressive
professional credentials, he had no clue about North American mentality and,
for that matter, phycology, which would help him to answer the very tricky
questions, which were imposed by his, would be, future employer.
About that, please read our
next upcoming blog titled:
“Vocally and socially
speaking….
Would you like to improve
your odds to pass an interview and get a desirable employment?
PART 2
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