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Your image is your introduction
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Building Confidence to Talk to Potential Employers

Find strength within yourself to feel confident and ready.

Let’s talk about ways to help you feel confident, especially when you’re getting ready to talk to an employer.

The very first thing people notice isn’t your resume. It’s you. How do you walk into the room. How you’re dressed. How do you speak. All those things leave a strong impression. Your image is your introduction. And you don’t need to be loud or flashy. You just need to be intentional.

Real confidence starts on the inside. It comes from knowing your value based on all your experience. Think about the strengths you’ve built in the military, in life, and everything you’ve worked through. Understand how those strengths connect to the jobs you want. When you know what you bring to the table, your self-confidence grows.

And the last piece is preparation. The more you do your homework on the company, clean up your resume, practice telling your story, the calmer you’ll feel. Remember, you don’t have to be perfect. Just know you’re ready.

This is your career. This is your story. And when you walk into a room grounded in who you are, employers feel that.

I’d like to help you get in the right mindset to feel confident talking to employers. Confidence starts with how you present yourself. Your image is your introduction – the way you dress, speak, and carry yourself shapes impressions long before anyone reads your resume.

Go into the interview knowing your value. Understand your strengths, like those you learned in the military, and how they fit the jobs you’re applying to. When you’re clear about what you bring to the table, confidence comes naturally.

The more you prepare, the calmer you’ll feel. Research the company, refine your resume, and practice telling your story. That way, your confidence comes from a place of readiness within yourself.