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Interview – Harvard/MIT Lecturer Olivia Fox Cabane teaches you how to be more charismatic by  eric barker Olivia Fox Cabane is the author of  The Charisma Myth . She’s lectured on the subject at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, MIT, Google and the United Nations. I spoke with her about how charisma works, the science behind it and how anyone can become more influential. For brevity’s sake I’m only going to post edited highlights here. If you want the extended interview I’ll be sending it out with my  weekly newsletter  on Sunday. Join  here . ——————————————— How does charisma work? Eric: In  The Charisma Myth  you break down charisma into presence, power, and warmth. Can you speak a little bit about those? Olivia: Absolutely. One of the things that was most interesting for me was that when you look at some of the neuroscience studies, such as the Princeton studies on first impressions,  power and warmth were actually t...

By HANNAH MORGAN Hannah Morgan There is probably nothing more overwhelming than walking into a room where five, six, or more people are sitting behind a table waiting to interview you. What will you do to level the playing field and take on the team? To prevent this surprise from happening in the first place, be sure you ask the person coordinating the interview who you will be interviewing with and what the format of the interview will be. Yes, you can ask these questions. Armed with an idea of who may be in the room, start researching the interview team by looking on the company's website and LinkedIn to learn more about their background. As you research the people and the company, create a list of questions you would like them to answer. Asking questions during the interview shows interest in the job and creates a more balanced conversation. Here are some questions to get you started: What are the most important elements of this job? * What are the three main factors...

By MARTY NEMKO March 4, 2013 Marty Nemko Even if you're already popular, who wouldn't want to be better liked, at work and outside? Marriage and Parenting Researcher John Gottman's simple concept of moving toward/moving away can be helpful. Every behavior in a human interaction is a moving toward, neutral, or moving away behavior. A moving toward behavior increases the bond between you and your conversation partner. Moving away behavior does the opposite. When you read these, they may seem obvious. Yet so many people unintentionally perform moving away behaviors. Moving toward behaviors A question of interest: "How'd that project turn out?" (But not if you know it failed and you're merely playing gotcha.) Amplifying: "Could your idea be applied to Mary's project?" A commonality: "Hey, me too!" Taking notes when someone is talking. An offer to help: "I'm busy now but I'd be happy to help later this af...

By Vivian Giang When you apply for a job at a larger firm, there's a high chance that your resume will be scanned by a filtering software for words related to certain job vacancies.  This kind of automation process will also reject your resume if it doesn't "meet traditional, business-dictated document formatting," writes Rick Gillis in his book  Job!: Learn How to Find Your Next Job In 1 Day Here are some formatting rules that Gillis says job seekers should follow to create a filtering software-friendly resume: Do not place your contact information in the header of your resume, because filtering softwares can be set to ignore headers and footers so there is a risk this information will be deleted. Choose a conservative font such as Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, or Calibri. Gillis says that serif fonts, such as Times Roman or Cambria may be rejected by screening software. Do not use any script fonts. The smallest font size to use for the body of your resume should ...