Saturday, March 21, 2020

Surprise! Youre Always on a Job Interview!

Surprise! Youre Always on a Job Interview! According to Nance Rosen over at The Personal Branding Blog, 85% of hiring comes down to personality and attitude and as little as 15% might be dependent on skill, since you can be trained to do practically anything on the job. One way to prepare for a job interview is imagining you’re being interviewed all the time. I don’t mean when you’re at home or with family or in the shower (although I do practice my interviewing spiel in the shower on a daily basis, to my husband’s bemusement), but if you’re working in a field where you interact with the public, keep in mind that any individual you interact with could someday be on the other end of a job posting.Employers want good people who are committed and engaged in whatever job they’ve found for themselves. The kinds of people who make hiring decisions are evaluating every salesperson, customer service rep, receptionist, VP, sales director, and barista they encounter- if you think about your int eractions in an intentional, deliberate way, you have dozens of chances to make a great impression every day.We all have lousy days of course, when we don’t feel like talking to anyone and putting on a public face feels too difficult to endure. But the more often you rev up for an invisible interview, the more familiar the process will be when it’s time to actually suit up. From making eye contact to being generous with your time and expertise, it all has a way of paying itself forward to your next big opportunity.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Sembler Is the French Verb for What Seems to Happen

Sembler Is the French Verb for What Seems to Happen Sembler is a very common intransitive French verb. It is a regular -er verb that can be personal or impersonal, and it may be followed by the subjunctive. It means seem or appear, which gives it a lot of utility in everyday speech.   Common Uses of Sembler   Ã‚  Ã‚  Tu me sembles bien fatiguà ©Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  You seem / look very tired to me   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il ne semble pas convaincu  Ã‚  Ã‚  He doesnt seem convinced Sembler can be followed by an adjective or an infinitive.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ton idà ©e semble intà ©ressante  Ã‚  Ã‚  Your idea seems interesting   Ã‚  Ã‚  La maison semble secouer  Ã‚  Ã‚  The house seems to be shaking   Ã‚  Ã‚  Cela semble indiquer que nous avions raison  Ã‚  Ã‚  This seems to indicate that we were right Il semble constructions Il semble is an impersonal construction that means it seems. It can be followed by an adjective de infinitive or  que subjunctive.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il semble important dessayer.  Ã‚  Ã‚  It seems important to try.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il ne semble pas quil soit prà ªt.  Ã‚  Ã‚  It doesnt seem like hes ready. However, when il semble is modified with an indirect object pronoun, it takes the indicative.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il me semble que tu as raison.  Ã‚  Ã‚  It seems to me that youre right.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il nous semble que Paul peut le faire.  Ã‚  Ã‚  It seems to us that Paul can do it. Expressions withSembler   Ã‚  Ã‚  comme bon me/te semble as I/you see fit      Faites comme bon vous semble. Do as you please; do what you think is best.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Il me semble que oui (non).  Ã‚  I (dont) think so.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Prenez ce que bon vous semble.  Ã‚  Take what you wish.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Que vous en semble  ?  Ã‚  What do you make of it?   Ã‚   ce quil semble; semble til apparently, seemingly Conjugationof Sembler (Present Tense Regular) je sembletu  semblesil semblenous  semblonsvous  semblezils  semblent Additional Resource All sembler tenses