Please could you give me some ideas on topics I could use about "Why I’m the best person for the job." The 5 minute presentation is for the position of a Teaching Assistant at Nursery.

Many Thanks

I would suggest that rather than listing some good points about you it may be worth giving three examples of where you have had positive feedback in your previous jobs. Stick to three points as people can remember threes.

If you can, make the presentation visual.

But the biggest thing is rehearse it out loud at least four times. One of which should be in front of a real audience. I have just marked six presentations at a university and the top scoring presentation was the one where they were word perfect.

I hope this helps

Let me know how you get on

I have got a job interview for the post of Administration Manager and I have to do a 5 minute presentation where the topic is not disclosed until 30 minutes before the interview. I’m really nervous – can you help?

That is a really tough topic, and one that I do not think is fair.

My first thought is that this may not be the sort of company that you may want to work for. Why? If they are asking you to do a presentation without any real preparation time, then they want to see how you cope when something is thrust upon you. I would bet that if you get the job then you would find that work gets dumped on you with very little notice and not much support.

I would guess that giving you the topic only 30 minutes beforehand is indicative of the culture of the company and you are right to be nervous.

You may find that the company has a high staff turnover and unhappy staff. Of course I may be reading too much into this, but as a consultant I have been into enough companies to see some of the warning signals.

I normally advise people to do two things – make the presentation visual and to rehearse it. You will have the opportunity to do neither easily.
55% of a presentation is visual only 38% depends on your voice.

My main advise would be to ask for a flip chart or at a minimum take in some sheets of white photo copier paper and some big marker pens. You can then sketch out a number of slides. It is unlikely that anyone else would use visuals and so it would set you apart from the competition.

I very frequently sketch out a few pictures to illustrate a point.

Then – when they give you a topic – use the first 20 minutes to prepare and the last 10 minutes to rehearse what you are going to say.
Use something called the Rule of Three
http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/rule of three.htm Basically people can only remember three things. Just pick three things about your topic and make up three slides.

If you want to look really slick you could start to prepare a few slides in advance – maybe the slide that introduces yourself and your background.

So if you go for the interview, look out for the warning bells. Try to find out about the company culture – find out about how many people are leaving and why. Find out what staff morale is like. Ask about the personal management style of the person recruiting. Find out why the position is vacant. If you get mixed signals, seriously consider not going for the job.

I hope that this helps

i have to give a 5 min presentation on my three best strengths for role of area sales manager within bakery industry

Apologies

I thought that I had replied to this a few days ago

Perhaps the best way to do this would be to ask your customers about your best qualities in our current job.

You will then have to pick your best three. If you present these with the feedback that you have received it will be very powerful. Independent endorsement is a lot more powerful than simply telling the audience what you think that they would like to hear.

Illustrate your talk with examples that show your qualities. if for example one of your customers said that you were "good at meeting deadlines" you may wish to provide an example of how you worked through the weekend to get out a proposal and then personally drove to Sheffield to be sure that it was delivered on time.

Make sure that you also provide some form of handout. This could be a few slides or just typing up some of the customer feedback. Whatever you leave behind make sure that it is nicely laid out and on good quality paper. Personally I use a 130 gm paper.

Good luck with the interview and if you need any more information, or would like to let us know how it went please drop us a line.

Kind regards

I have just been told I need to prepare an pesentation on ‘What makes a successful property consultant’ the day afer tomorrow. This is my second interview for the job as an Estate Agent but no time limit has been given. Help!

As regards lenght of the speech. Keep it short and snappy. No one ever complained of a presentation being too long.

A good length would be ten minutes.

Just pick the top three qualities that make a good property consultant and then give an example of how you fit into each category.

If for example say "understanding the customer" is important -give an example that shows how well you have understood a particularly demanding customer.

Also be prepared for the question – don’t you think that xyz is important. The answer to this is "yes it very important, but I only had ten minutes to present and I wanted to make it snappy" if you can think on your feet you may be able to give an example of how you have been able to demonstrate that you are good at xyz.

I hope this works. Drop us a line on the board to let us know how you got on.

Hi, I have a job interview tomorrow for the role of a call center process trainer and have to be prepared for a 10min presentation on any topic…preferrably something relevant to call centers. I need your advice and all the help on what kind of topic I could select. I don’t really have time to do any charts and don’t know if ppts are allowed.

I am to give a 1-2 minute speech about how i would make a difference as school captain. I want to leave a big impact as i only have short while to speak. Do you have any ideas?

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I have the interview scheduled tomorrow, how should I prepare?

I would suggest that you start with this article.

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/jobpresentation.htm

My other pice of advice would be, in future, to start the preparation at least a week in advice.

Hi i have to give a two min presentation for a Holiday Rep Job tommorow on my favorite holiday destination. any help would be good!

Just make it high energy. Take in some pictures with you to show where you have been to.

If you can tell them about the best experience that you have had.

I am to give a 3 minute speech about how i would make a difference as school captain. I want to leave a big impact as i only have short while to speak. Do you have any ideas? Thanks

Perhapds the best thing to present is three quick fire ideas of what you can do. Limit it to three ideas – the reason is that the audience can not take in any more. See this page http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/rule_of_three.htm

Then use a picture to present each idea. This should mean that your presentation is much more memorable.

I have to do a 5 min presentation on "Why I should be given the role of a Team Captain". What skills and attributes can i bring to the role, i have no
idea where to start. Once I have introduced myself i don’t know what to say.

Kind Regards

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please could you give me some ideas on topicsi could use about "why I’m the best person for the job" specialist on billing invoice (dept.of finance)