You sound great on the phone, by e-mail and in social media. Don’t blow it in person. It’s not just what you actually say in an interview that matters; your body language talks, too. Here are some helpful tips on what is appropriate interview body language. EYE CONTACT Shakespeare once said that “the eyes are…
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As mentioned in a past blog post entitled “The Complicated World of Gestures”, there are 2 types of gestures: speech illustrators and emblems. Emblems are gestures that convey specific verbal meaning that can exist without the use of words. Other gestures (that are not emblems) co-occur with words. Gestures have been a part of Italian…
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