Stammer

[*ALFIE*]

How does a person cope with a stammer besides therapy ? how would that person face a job inerview ? any tips ?

[Lore]

The same way anyone with any form of disability would cope!

[Scarlett]

Look at how Gareth Gates coped with his. He explained to the judges that he had a stammer, before the audition. They then accepted his problem, and ignored it in the actual audition/interview.

[Solarjunkie]

According to our local job club, an interview is to ascertain just 3 things

1 Can they do the job? (qualifications, experience etc)

2 Will they do the job? (reliability, previous feedback)

3 Will they fit in? (friendly, willing)

So just remember that's what they're looking for, and as long as you're not trying to be a Telephone Customer Sales Advisor, go for it!!

[Kay]

Good luck Alfie:---)))

[fantastical]

Now for a post with meaning in it...

I seem to be in a similar situation - looking for jobs and having a difficult time speaking with clarity (I conclude that my thoughts process faster on the psychological level than my toungue and lips do on a biological level).

The best remedy - speak slow. Etch that phrase in your head somehow, maybe by having it written on a piece of paper taped to your morning-bathroom mirror.

About the interviews...I'm about 2 months into the job searching process - hoping it doesn't have to go for that many months more. One thing I've learned that helps me answer their questions, other than talking slower, is pause for a few seconds (5,10,etc) before you begin to respond to their question. It's a good thing...it definitly helps. And...interviewers do not look down at taking that brief pause, because...it shows that you take the time and effort necessary to acheive the best response (or solution in other contexts) to their question. In my experience and in my mind, people who speak at a high rate are naive. People need to take the time to think before they speak...life today unfortunately promotes this notion that everything needs to be done fast.

'Tis true: people need to try and accomplish things...make achievements and so on. But take the necessary time to do so. Relax, take a deep breath, look scholarly while you briefly pause in deep thought, and answer the question professionally. Best of luck with your endeavors.

[fantastical]

Apologies for my opening line...I didn't mean it. But there could've been some more thought put into some of the posts (otherwise left out...ah em...Lore that means you) scheez, some pompous idiots out there...

[Jan B]

Hi Alfie   I heard that the best way to cure a stammer is to take in a deep breath and say the word as you breathe out. It makes you concentrate on the breathing rather than the word and it naturally makes you calm down. With yoga breathing it is always the exhalation that is the relaxing breath. You will need to practice this technique but eventually you should lose the stammer. Try taking up yoga breathing and yoga as it works on the body, mind and spirit/emotions. It is really good for you. Once you have learnt yoga breathing you could practice it before an interview so that you calm down. When going for an interview swat up all you know about good interview skills and about the company you are visiting as knowledge makes you feel much stronger and may help you to be less nervous. You could mention to the interviewer that you may stammer before the interview starts so that you have 'cleared the air'.

Good luck

 

Jan B

[Jan B]

Alfie  - I should have said instead of 'word' that you say the whole sentence on the exhalation - sorry