Emerging job seekers face a daunting challenge in today’s market. Candidates must successfully distinguish themselves amongst a very large pool of competitive candidates for coveted positions. They need to “dress to be hired,” learn the value of their own brand, and package it well, so that they can be discerned as The Hirable Candidate.
Doris Klietmann, Executive Principal and Evangelia Souris, president of OPTIMUM International Center for Image Management, are the experts to teach them how.
“This preparation is invaluable for those who know that today’s job market is extremely tough, and to successfully penetrate it, one can not just rely on education and experience,” said Souris.
“It is essential to present an image that will distinguish one as the best, in character, appearance and mannerisms, education and experience. In today’s job marketplace, success often depends upon a person’s ability to rank the highest in every category of the job requirement list – including image," said Klietmann.
According to research studies, people who upgrade a mediocre presence to a more polished one receive a higher salary-15-20%. The Harvard Business School Club advises its members that interviewers generally decide whom they won’t hire within 7 seconds; discrimination based on appearance is pervasive in the workplace, and many managers will not hire someone based on appearance.
OPTIMUM International Center for Image Management has extensive experience in preparing job candidates create and present the HIRABLE IMAGE. OPTIMUM is offering an Interviewing Package:
*Three hours of Personal Shopping. Together we will put together your Winning Interview Suit.
*One hour of Personal Grooming and Figure and Body Analysis: hairstyle, makeup, grooming regiment, dress for your body type.
*Two hours of Interviewing Strategies: Interviewing and negotiating, Industry and Image, Geography and Image, Verbal and non verbal Communication, Business and Social Etiquette.
Doris Klietmann AICI, MBA and Evangelia Souris, AICI CIP, MA, have been helping individuals and organizations develop and enhance a permanent optimal image through expert guidance in the areas of appearance, nonverbal and verbal communication, business, social, international and cultural etiquette and protocol. They are influencers in the field of professional, corporate, and personal and celebrity image, fashion and style and political image consulting.
Doris Klietmann AICI, MBA and Evangelia Souris, AICI CIP, MA, have been helping individuals and organizations develop and enhance a permanent optimal image through expert guidance in the areas of appearance, nonverbal and verbal communication, business, social, international and cultural etiquette and protocol. They are influencers in the field of professional, corporate, and personal and celebrity image, fashion and style and political image consulting.
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OPTIMUM’s practiced grasp of image strategies in organizational and professional settings, fashion trends for men and women, fashion style and makeovers has been fêted by Public Television, Political Campaigns, CBS news, ABC news, USA Today, Lawyers Weekly USA, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, CNN, Access Hollywood and Detail and Upscale magazine, Washington Post, The Washington Tribune, Associated Press, Fox News, International Herald Tribune, Politico, DNR, Politics Magazine.