Re: High IQ and you can't market or sell a product or youself

[Anonymous]

part of selling yourself to a job is charisma, personality, and enthusiasm. I have lost some interviews because I talk a lot and let things I did not want to say slip. However, I got my last job because they appreciated the sincerity and honesty. I have gotten jobs due to enthusiasm. I have not gotten jobs because I was too enthusiastic. Sometimes I am perceived to be am cute and a nice bubbly person. sometimes immature and irritating.

I am usually quick to pick things up and am considered to be pretty intelligent. I did almost lose a job for being clueless about how people were reacting to me and clueless that people thought I was displaying disobedience when I thought I was inquisitive or when I forgot the precise instructions and did something else to meet the same means. I worked really slowly too lol. >_<. so I suppose this one job is an example of ADD nearly losing me a job. but they were very unreasonable people anyway.

I’ve never really sold anything. I guess I’m not too good at that because I give disorganized descriptions of things and talk too fast and too much. but I have managed to ‘sell’ psychosocial strategies to further people’s health and that is what is important. The enthusiasm and caring is part of the sell. i suppose i couldn’t see a vaccum cleaner or anything…….

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