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Figure out your story

Submitted by Erock from blog

Oct 23, 2009

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I recently read an article about 3 ways to pitch yourself and it got me thinking about processing and bottling up your story.

The gist of the post are these three key elements:

1. Think relevant, not recent

2. Focus on skills-based versus situation or industry-based qualifications.

3. Connect the dots — what ties it all together?

The third seems to be the most important to me as it indicates why and how you got to this exact spot. Whether it is a work even, conference, networking function – all the decisions you have made to date are a culmination putting you right here. It may be random, but that plays its role too.

Finding your story also provides good context and history to someone that may gain great information without having to go through prying interview questions. This is also helpful when you are not even in an interview, which is honestly a great way for someone to get to know you.

A friend of mine recently has been looking for a new opportunity and I helped him bottle up his “story pitch” as follows.

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