Category: Lifestyle

Interesting research shows that people fear public speaking more than death. So can you imagine how difficult it can get for an average person to speak in public, in-classroom presentations, meetings; especially when you are being judged by a good number of people?

Yes, practice does make a person perfect, but here are a number of things that can help you overcome your fears. Undoubtedly, building confidence is the only option, but here are some tools for smoothing the process.

Know your audience

Understanding your employer’s needs and concerns should be the main focus of your presentation. It means you should thoroughly research the company’s portfolio for what they do and how they do it. Moreover, you should also look into people who are going to interview you. You can get this information once you are called for the interview.

Tell a story

An effective way to prepare for presenting yourself is to do your own SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats). Then combine this analysis with your achievements. This process demands creativity but it is worthwhile. So you need to align your research with your SWOT analysis to create a persuasive story to demonstrate your potential employers that why you’re the right candidate for the job.

Create a call to action

Remember, always apply for the job that you really want to do, or if you have experience in the desired filed. Because once you are close to wrapping up your presentation, it is important to give a call to action (CTA). CTA is a summary of what you state in the presentation and what you plan to do for achieving the goal that the company is looking forward to achieving. It will be the last thing they will remember about you.

Rehearse for the interview

Effective presentations are often well-rehearsed. Get a friend or colleague to practise a mock interview with commonly asked questions. Practice will allow you to avoid mistakes during the interview. Practice introducing yourself, your storytelling style and delivering an effective CTA. This will reduce any nervousness, and make you look more confident and prepared for the big day.

Body language

Interviewers may already make up their minds about a candidate within the first seven seconds of the interview. You must control your body language so as to seem confident and positive.

Control over your speech

Presenters and public speakers need to have clear, strong and confident voices… so do candidates in an interview. Drink water before a case interview, your interviewers do not want to hear you croaking your way through the interview. Also, practice varying your speech in terms of pitch and volume. Remember, effective communication isn’t only about what you say, it’s also how you say it.

These six presentation skills are simple and effective for any job or case interview. Learn to master these skills and you will definitely be able to land any job you desire. Always remember, if you do your research, words and confidence will come automatically.

A groom, hailing from Sialkot, took his baraat to the police station where he spent his wedding day filing a report against his bride-to-be and her family.

According to the Express Tribune, 24-year-old Zeeshan Shaukat from Daska, Sialkot, arrived along with his wedding party in Sargodha only to find the bride’s house locked and the family nowhere in sight.

Dressed in traditional wedding attire, including a sehra and garland, Zeeshan spent his wedding day filing a complaint against his bride-to-be Kausar and her mother Mumtaz Bibi.

“The bride’s mother took Rs250,000 from us on the pretext of dowry,” he told the police.

Zeeshan also said that upon arrival, they found the bride’s house locked. “When we asked women in the neighbourhood regarding their whereabouts, they expressed ignorance.”

He added that they found out that Kausar and Mumtaz were tenants at the house which had been locked for over three days. “Even the ladies who were involved in the matchmaking are no longer available and their phones are switched off,” he said.

According to the groom-to-be’s father Shaukat, the girl’s family had promised a wedding and instead they scammed. “Get my son his bride or recover the money,” demanded Shaukat while failing to hold back tears.

Zeeshan went on to say that he is a poor farmer and his family had worked really hard to save the money for his wedding.

“What will I tell people in my hometown when I return without a bride,” he added.

According to police, a complaint has been filed and authorities are taking action as per the law to bring to justice the women responsible for the scam.

Pakistani YouTuber Irfan Junejo bid goodbye to vlogging as he no longer likes the format. The vlogger made the announcement in a video titled ‘I Quit‘.

Junejo said that from now on he will make videos on his terms and on his own time implying that he won’t be uploading them with the same regularity as before.

The reason behind his decision is that he got lost along the way and forgot the reason he started vlogging.

“Mein ab kisi bhi event pay nahi jata, mein kisi award ceremony pay nahi jaata ,mujhe kisi bhi podcast kee invitation aati hai mein nahi jaata, mein ney Twitter chor dia hai, aur mein ney camera use karna bohat kam kardia hai ( I don’t go to any events anymore, I don’t respond to any podcast requests, I’ve left Twitter and I have stopped using the camera regularly),” said Junejo in the video.

Junejo has hidden/removed all his tweets and his Twitter bio reads, “I don’t use Twitter anymore. It’s a dark scary place.”

Junejo supported his decision by giving examples of superstars Will Smith and Anurag Kashyap, who gave up lucrative opportunities at the peak of their careers to achieve their personal goals.

All that said and done, Junejo said that he is glad that by choosing this career, he had fulfilled his wildest dreams from meeting Ronaldinho to purchasing his dream bike.