Your Body Language
Your body language is how you carry yourself including your posture, body position, gestures and facial expressions. Does how you carry yourself really make a difference? Of course it does. If I stand with my head hanging down, my shoulders slumped forward my arms crossed and say I am happy to meet you, do you believe me? If I come into your office for an interview and I sit slumped in the chair holding my head in my hands without making eye contact, would you want to hire me? Mannerism to avoid:
- Playing with hair.
- Picking at or biting fingernails.
- Tapping feet or jiggling legs.
- Applying makeup or nail polish in public.
- Picking teeth.
- Cracking knuckles
- Fidgeting.
- Yawning.
- Clicking pens.
- Chewing gum.
