#4 Use Power And Control Properly

(Part Five in a series of Seven articles for Breaking Jobs News)

Whether you're trying to hold onto a job or find yourself sitting in front of an employment interviewer, learn to manage when and when not to use control and power.

Prospective employers are looking for people who are trainable; people who are flexible; people who can blend into and become part of the system. If during an interview a prospective employee inadvertantly displays behaviours or attitudes which could indicate a control freak or control freak personality style, then the likelihood of success is greatly diminished. Control freaks and power freaks tend to be very unchangeable.

The proper use of power and control would be to emPOWER yourself to be something greater and to walk through an interview keenly aware of the forces around you which you cannot control.

If you tend to be a powerful personality style, take some time to allow your self-control to kick in and sub-due excessive dominating or over-powering characteristics.

Self-control is the practise of applying to yourself, the same ideals, principles, practises, and techniques that you would impose on others.

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James C. Tanner
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