INTRODUCTIONS AND THE TOP 10 WAYS TO RUIN YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

INTRODUCTIONS (the do's and the don'ts)

DO:

• MAKE THE FIRST IMPRESSION COUNT
• PAY ATTENTION TO OTHERS
• WALK WITH CONFIDENCE
• BE GROOMED WELL

• USE SLOPPY LANGUAGE OR SLANG
• GIGGLE
• CONDUCT INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING
• CHEW GUM
• CLEAR THROAT

• STAND UP
• MAKE EYE CONTACT
• USE HANDS

THE TOP TEN WAYS TO RUIN YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

It takes 10 seconds to make a first impression! Make sure you make it count!

10.) The smoke from your cigarette wanders into the face of your interviewer.

9.) The short skirt you wore splits right up the sides as you settle in the chair.

8.) You forgot to stop at the store for some Immodium A.D.

7.) Oops, you forgot to shower. Happens a lot!

6.) And there's your previous meal in between every single tooth you have.

5.) The wad of gum you're chewing slips from your mouth.....and onto the floor.....which your interviewer steps on .......which he finds out about.

4.) As you open your mouth to greet the head of the company, all that comes out is proof you just had a coke.

3.) You are so nervous for the interview you've created pools in all the crevices of your body.

2.) You realize that your supervisor is kinda cute....so you approach him/her, reach out and pinch him/her.

1.) Suddenly "Bongo the Amazing Rat" leaps from your pocket.......................