by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 21, 2017
If two job candidates have equal qualifications, which person is more likely to get the job? According to a new survey of HR and recruiting professionals, 63 percent of recruiters say they’d give the job to the person who has better “oral communication skills.” iCIMS,...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017
The CEO of a large company lost the audience—his top salespeople—in the first two minutes of his presentation. I was there to witness it. Slides were out of place and financial data was wrong. “Sorry guys. I threw this together last night,” the CEO explained as he...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017
The annoying filler words used by entrepreneurs, job applicants, TV pundits–and maybe even yourself. As a communication coach, I know how important it is to eliminate filler words from our conversations. I also know that the advice is easy to dispense and hard...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 14, 2017
In the information age you are only as valuable as your ideas. Your ability to package your ideas with emotion, context, and relevancy is the one skill that will make you more valuable in the next decade. During a visit to the Silicon Valley headquarters of a global...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2017
“Do you have any fashion tips for me?” Jimmy Fallon recently asked his Tonight Show guest, Project Runway mentor, Tim Gunn. Gunn’s response: “I love your suits. I love the fit of them. You are classically handsome. You have a great physique. You are the funniest...
