{"id":131512,"date":"2025-05-11T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-battle-for-the-good-first-impression-buskerud\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:47:19","slug":"the-battle-for-the-good-first-impression-buskerud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-battle-for-the-good-first-impression-buskerud\/","title":{"rendered":"The battle for the good first impression – Buskerud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– I try to prepare in advance, read up on the company and the tasks, follow the interview and keep the feelings in check. But no matter how much I prepare, I don’t get it, says Mats Aasrum. The picture below is not of Mats, but illustrates how he experiences an interview situation. The next seconds are crucial. The hands are sweaty and the tanks are spinning. Does he take them in his hand and introduce themselves? Or is he waving into the room? Is he smiling big, or is serious and professional? The door goes up and he says his name. The heart pumps, and Mats gets genuinely dizzy. Most people get nervous both before and during a job interview. But if we believe the experts, someone has a head start in this stressful situation. – I have the impression that there is a right personality type, which is the extroverted, and an incorrect personality type, which is the introverted. And I’m introverted, says Mats. Since 2023 he has applied for jobs. But he has never emerged from an interview process. He is therefore unemployed, as 118,000 other Norwegians today. Not because he is unqualified on paper or giddalaus. He just can’t master the most important thing in an interview: namely the first impression. – I’m desperate at this time. You like the belief in yourself. That I will never be able to be chosen for a job. In this form, Mats Aasrum keeps an overview of the jobs he has applied for. The red markings are jobs he has been denied. Since the fall of 2023, Mats has submitted 290 applications in this overview. Photo: Karoline Forberg\/news at the bottom of the case you can read about what can help an introvert in the interview processes, and the positive qualities that come with an introverted worker. – The process is rigged for extroverts – it is obviously a problem. In general, the job search process is largely rigged for extroverts, unfortunately. Both in terms of how the interviews are conducted, but also what types of personality traits people demand. This is stated by Fredrik Fornes, author, speaker and working life flu’s. He has become a kind of guru on Linkedin about the uncultures in job search processes. – I regularly get messages and stories from people who feel they lose the competition because they can’t sell themselves well enough. The process is not designed for the introverts to shine in the situation. Fredrik Fornes himself is introverted. He felt he started his career in minus because he was not extroverted. Always felt the need to defend. But today he is safe in himself and sees the many good sides of being who he is. Photo: Bendik Raaen He observes that today’s interview model rewards those who think quickly, loudly and show a lot of enthusiasm. Something that is not profitable for the introverts who are often more reflected, structured and need time to think before they speak. After several years in the industry, Fornes can only remember one advertisement that demanded introverted qualities. On the other hand, it flourishes ads that pay tribute to the extroverts. – I am fascinated every time I go to finn.no to see what jobs I “not” can do, precisely because I am introverted. The weirdest positions require extroverted properties, I don’t understand it. – I certainly can’t be a chef, mount heat pumps, mow the grass or be a plumber, because then you obviously have to be outgoing. And it is fascinating to see, because I think that in some of these roles it is actually an advantage that you are introverted. Fredrik Fornesnectures in Linkedinfoto: Bendik Raaen Mansikafoto: Bendik Raaen Mansika An introverted in the extroverts world Mats went on a year of media and then one year, one year, in Oslo. – At the folk high school, I felt that it was very open to be introverted. But I later realized that the environment at a folk high school often does not reflect how it actually is in working life. Now he has been on the job search for two years and is waiting for answers from eight jobs at this moment. Everything from working with relevance to the studies, to completely random jobs, as an ice cream seller in Bergen. – But everyone looks for people who are extroverted. They may not write it directly in the job ads, but they write that you have to talk to people. -But in a job where, for example, you make Google ads: How social you really have to be?, Mats wonders. Mats does not need to talk much to those around them. He just wants to get to work, do the job, and then go home again. Which sounds good in a working day. But he never gets that far. Mats feels he lives in the world of extroverts, where all employers are just waiting for one day to join the extrovert club. There are few who see the value in his introverted qualities. – I wish that diversity in working life was about more than just gender and ethnicity. That workplaces could become more aware that the introverts need extroverts, and vice versa, says Mats. Many are tricked by a “false” first impression news has spoken to several recruitment agencies, who say they recognize the problem. Marte J\u00e6ger is a senior consultant and leader of the consulting company Right Management. Through their work on career development, they support many candidates in job search processes. – It is easy to want everything in a candidate, but it is important to remember that there are many jobs that do not necessarily require you to be outgoing. I recommend focusing more on the critical knowledge, requirements and experience required to do the job itself, and not be blend of those who manage to sell best, says J\u00e6ger. – We often see unconsciously after “ourselves” in interviews. Therefore, if you are an outgoing recruiter, you should therefore pay extra attention to more introverted candidates. Marte J\u00e6ger is a senior consultant in Right Management. She is also introverted, such as Fredrik Fornes and Mats Aasrum. She thinks many employers miss very good labor if everyone only hires the extroverts. Photo: Karoline Forberg \/ news J\u00e6ger says they are actively working to get to know the candidates in their career programs. The introverted candidates often dread the interview than the extroverts, and then they try to secure them and play them well. – Many introverted job search candidates are used to being seen as a little quiet and modest, and that this is perceived as a weakness. But the fact that they are “quiet” can often be explained by the fact that they are analytical, listening and reflected. There are often many good qualities that come with being introverted. – But unfortunately we often see that the companies are charmed by the first impression. Suddenly they can end up with a candidate who was very good at selling, but who is not as good at actually doing the job. And it’s unfortunate, says J\u00e6ger. Marte J\u00e6ger rams up things that can make the interview process easier for an introvert: The introverts can prepare answers to typical interview questions – and feel free to practice saying the answers high to search the interviewers on LinkedIn to see picture and information, can increase the security one experiences in the interview situation. And make the best figure of themselves, and can even quietly stronger than the extroverts, who often take things to a greater extent, says J\u00e6ger. She says it is wise for recruiters to remember to give the introverted candidates a little more time and space to think when asking them questions in an interview. Anyone who waits for something good to test the J\u00e6ger’s advice, news Mats asked what kind of positive qualities an introvert has in working life. It was quiet. – I can fram up all the bad sides of it, but find it more difficult to say the positive ones, says Mats first. After a few hundred jobs, he is a partial battle man. After all, it’s starting to go on the psyche. But after time, space and a short silence, he brings out: – The fact that I am careful and nervous is because I want to do a good job. I am thorough, careful and spend a lot of time on things. For me, it’s about quality over quantity. In addition, I am a good listener and give room for those around me. Marte J\u00e6ger and Fredrik Fornes, two successful introverts, have many good words about them as Mats: analytical and reflective -listening and respectful dean experiences quietly, but when they first say something, come thought out answer observer and pick up things other not seriously. Quality over quantity. Does not sell more than they can stand in shapes concerned with performing the job, than the social noise – far more companies should be better at taking 30 minutes, where people get buzzed before returning again and making a decision. If you always just make the decisions there and then, then you only get the extroverted opinion. – And then you miss very important and thoughtful perspectives from the introverts, says Fredrik Fornes.
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