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Interim Management – Body Language Techniques
Are you about to face a job interview for an interim management position? Getting on the books of the right recruitment agency is crucial if you want to have access to the best interim management jobs out there. So how do you convince an interim management recruitment agency and your future employees that you’re the top dog?
Interim Management – Feel the Pressure
Interviewing can be nerve-wracking even if you’ve had experience and are at a high level of interim management. In fact, the higher powered the job the more an interview is a test of your strength of character. But there are things you can do to gain an advantage, including focusing on your body language.
Building Bonds
Body language can make you stand out at as an exceptional interim manager. Using body language appropriately can help you form professional bonds. Interviews are about gleaning information. If you prove you are interested in your employer, they will be interested in you. Of course, there’s no point faking enthusiasm, and if you weren’t genuinely enthusiastic for the interim management position or the company in question, you’re body language will give you away. The secret to getting the perfect job is by ensuring what you’re chasing is something you actually really want to do. Interviews, like dating, are about finding the perfect match, and it’s only if you’re genuine that the relationship will last.
Reaching interim management level
If you are interim management material, you should already be clued up about body language. It’s a careful line to tread – if you grovel too much at interview, you could end up being walked over, but be overly arrogant and you alienate your colleagues. Good body language is about building rapport. And if you want to progress your career, it’s important to impress. Body language, like flirting, is a way to attract people to you rather then ending up on the professional shelf.
Be charismatic
When it comes to interim management, charisma is just as important a skill as any other. Body language techniques that help advance your interim management career include:
- Nodding and mirroring language helps create a rapport
- Good eye contact helps build confidence and relationships
- Be charming and keep an appropriate sense of humour
- Read other body language and back down if you’re not getting positive signals
- Paying complements and asking questions - this shows you are open to relationships, positive and engaged
- Don’t flirt outrageously or batter your eyelids, people will think you’re just interested in them for the wrong (unprofessional) reasons!
If you are keen to get your body language right and find the ideal interim management position, you should practice in front of the mirror and to a friend – you won’t notice a lot of your subconscious signals, and that’s one way of getting honest feedback.
Freestone is a specialist recruitment service offering interim management solutions. At Freestone, we understand securing exceptional business leaders is fundamental to the success of any organisation. Freestone’s unique Microniche Sourcing approach facilitates a faster and more efficient recruitment process than that offered by traditional recruitment firms. To find out more, contact Freestone today on 0207 969 2727 or email: info@freestone-executive.com