On the Job by Anita Bruzzese 7 Ways to Tell a Story That Makes Employers Crazy About You

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese 7 Ways to Tell a Story That Makes Employers Crazy About You Career experts often advise job seekers or networkers to tell your story. But what does that mean? Should you share how you won the school science fair in third grade or how you once locked your keys in the car with the engine still running?Its difficult to know exactly what story to tell at the right time and how to make it interesting enough that eyes dont start to glaze over or someone pulls the fire alarm just to get away from you. There is a skill to telling the right kind of stories at the right time so that you not only gain the interest of an employer or contact, but also will enable the person to recall you more vividly later.One important key: Make sure emotion is evoked. Telling the story of winning the science fair might work if it conveys a sense of joy gained through hard work. Even locking your keys in the car can become a funny tale that underlines the sense of satisfaction gained by overcoming an obstacle. Dan McAdams, a Northwestern University psychology professor who has studied storytelling for more than 10 years, told a publication for the American Psychological....Read the rest of my story on Intuit's Quickbase blog....