Uhm…It's the weekend isn't it?

Hi Job Seeker! Weekend Wahey! Since it is the weekend we would be having a light chat today about Filler Words!

Filler words? What is a filler word? No, I most certainly do not use filler words since I do not even know what they stand for, well you do use them even if you do not know what they are called, we are all guilty! So here are a few examples:

Hi.. umm You love me too much!

How many filler words did we use in our introduction? We are sure you didn't even notice, feel free to back up. Filler words are words with no use! They do nothing or add no value to our sentence. They fill in for us either when we panic, loose our train of thought,  or when we are trying to explain or emphasise a thing, you know, make it sound richer!

The thing with filler words is they are killers of speech. They make you sound unprepared and less intelligent. We all need help with this one!

Addiction.

In every interview your pitch just stops being interesting once we start hearing filler words, for example; We ask; Tell us about your final year project and you reply; 'Well  I worked on the effect of music in adverts on its audience, you know a lot of people have purchased items they do not need because the music they heard made them excited, like in the mood of buying something.

Second example; Tell us about yourself and you reply; Well i am xyz and i studied bbc at university of gogogo, umm I enjoy swimming on my weekends, like I do not miss it for anything in the world, umm… I graduated top of my class, basically top five, umm..

You do sound unprepared for the interview. So you need to watch out for these filler words. Instead of using them, pause, think very well before you answer. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with you telling the recruiter to give you a minute before you tackle a question!!!

We think a lot of job seekers feel they always have to keep talking or have to answer straight after we ask a question. Please take reasonable time before you answer every question.

Practice in the mirror, smack yourself every time you use a filler word. Practice always makes perfect. Eliminating filler words would not just help in passing your interview and getting the job, it would also help in keeping the job! You would  have to do a presentation at some point.

Till our next post please read up more on helpful tips on eliminating filler words and as usual watch some videos on youtube.

Carrying on with the weekend waheey! RR