226. Interview Like a Pro: Bring the Energy, Tell Your Story with Impact, and Own Your Brand

Jenn Hahn, Millennial, joins us and is the Founder & CEO of J Recruiting Services, a niche recruiting firm that partners with leading retail brands across the U.S. to deliver top-tier talent. When she isn't leading her team in recruiting strategy and solutions, she is a wife, mom to three busy kids and anavid yogi. In 2017, Jenn founded J Recruiting Services to serve the industry she knows and loves—retail. Her team’s mission is clear: deliver exceptional results that encourage both clientsand candidates to expect more from external recruiters. They’re more than just recruiters—they’re true partners. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:   0:00 Introduction 1:39 Trends in Women in the Workplace Today 4:24 Owning our own motivation, values, whatdrives us 6:43 Yellow stickies 9:48 Employment brand (way you show up ininterviews) and Candidate experience 11:37 Interview tips 12:24 Acing your interview 18:46 Tony Robbins example 20:06 Practice example 25:02 What Jenn would tell her 20-something self Quotable Moments: “We fought so hard and it doesn’t feel like fulfillment at the end of the day.”   “The power really comes from owning it yourself.”   “The only way to bring the electricity (energy) is if you’re filled up.”   “The struggle for women is that we want to ace everything and we’re crushing it…we can forget to balance.”   “Sustainable high-achievement” (Hannah Abad) is what we’re all looking for but we need to flip the funnel.”   “You do not need to be the smartest in the room – you need to be resourceful and bring the energy.”   “Fear is a really good motivator but it’s also exhausting.”   “Letting the outside circumstances dictate your brand, when it’s really an internal thing at the top of the funnel (what is your identity), can derail us.”   “We’re all interviewing every day.”   “Interviewing is a skill.” “Clear is kind.” Three Episode Takeaways: 1.    Key trends include that women are stepping upand there are more women in leadership seats. Another trend Jenn sees is the burnout and exiting (“The Great Breakup”) at record pace. She states havingwomen at the table is important to make good business decisions that represent women in most customer bases. 2.    Knowing our personal values and what drives us can fill our cup. Bringing the energy or electricity and knowing what fills us up, allows us to show up as leaders we want to be. Keyis flipping the funnel and starting with our identity and ending with our work at the narrow part of the funnel, instead of making your work 80% of the funnel. Let’shear it for yellow stickies! 3.    In addition to bringing on the energy, being able to communicate detail in 3 min or less about what wedo, and stating the financial impact can lead to success in an interview.  Special Offer: 25% off offer for the Ace Your Interview Course https://courses.jrecruitingservices.com/offers/e79ydjmb/checkout?coupon_code=GTTL25 Use the code GTTL25 when registering.     Episode Resource:   Personal branding free workbooks: https://girltaketheleadpod.com/time-to-podcast   Ep. 52 Personal Branding: Can’t Leave Home without One – Let’s Craft Yours! https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/r3BBmmTsuSb   How to reach Jenn: info@jrecruitingservices.com   https://www.linkedin.com/company/jrecruitingservices/?viewAsMember=true (Company page)   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-hahn-5698b66a/ (Jenn’s page)   https://www.facebook.com/JRecruitingServices     How to reach Yo:    Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a messageor voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you!   email: yo@yocanny.com   FB group: Girl, Take theLead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny   YouTube   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/