When we go to a job interview, when we go to an important professional appointment, or simply, when we go each and every day to our usual work, we can do certain things that even if they are not done on purpose or constantly and daily , you can make us look less professional facing others.
You can know that you give everything in your studies or in your work, however, a bad attitude or an inappropriate gesture at a certain moment, can throw away everything we have achieved so far in front of others. If you are not only a professional but you want to always appear so so that your bosses realize your worth, these are the most common mistakes to avoid hereinafter.
Errors to avoid
- To be late: We put it first because who more or who less has been 5 or 10 minutes late to work. This should never happen. It is the most common mistake of all and the one that can most indicate to the other person of your lack of professionalism.
- Dressing inappropriately for the date in question: There are jobs in which it is necessary to go with a shirt and tie yes or yes, so we cannot «Jump to the bullfighter» this norm that is fixed. That we would like to be dressed in a comfortable and informal way, yes, everyone! But sometimes it is not possible ...
- Do not look at others when they speak to you: It is, personally, one of the things that can most upset me about a person with whom I speak. And if it happens to me, it could also happen to your boss or the person who is interviewing you for your possible future job. You need to look directly at the person speaking to you. Not in a fixed and constant way (we don't want to look crazy either) but paying attention to her and maintaining direct eye contact with her.
- Over or under confidence: If you have to choose something, choose the "defect" of trust. Excesses are never considered good. However, you better than anyone should know how "friendly" you can be on a professional date. It will depend above all on the time you have known the person or people with whom you are going to interact and the degree of friendship or work relationship that binds you.
- Use the mobile phone during work hours and for personal matters: If you are working you should dedicate your time to everything that has to do with your work. Nothing to use the Whatsapp to talk to friends or girlfriend or dad. Use the rest times you have for this task.
- Gesturing too much: It's okay not to "look" like a standing robot while having a professional conversation with the other person, but it's not a lot of gesturing either. Find the balance.
- Strong odors: Avoid talking to someone right after having smoked a cigarette, avoid using a perfume with a strong smell, avoid by all means of course not going to your job or interview clean ...
- Not respecting personal space: This is paramount in almost any situation you find yourself in. Respecting the personal space of the other, helps them not feel so self-conscious or so suffocated.
If you avoid these 8 mistakes in your day-to-day work or in that personal interview, you will give an image of a good professional. Of course, the words will depend solely and exclusively on you.