Give me a specific example of something you did that helped build enthusiasm in others.
When I was telemarketing for a local arts organization, the guy next to me was becoming discouraged because he wasn’t making any sales. I told him that his discouragement was reflected in his voice and that it’s hard to get other people excited about something if you don’t sound excited about it yourself. I also told him that a lot of people hate telemarketers so he shouldn’t take their attitudes toward him personally.
Finally, I told him that once he made that first sale, keeping a smile in his voice would be easy because it’s such a charge to succeed after so many failures. He tried it, it worked, and because the head manager was in the room when I gave my little pep talk, I was offered the job of assistant manager for that account, but I declined. I’m not a telemarketer at heart. It was just something I was doing to earn money between temp assignments.
I guess that’s a way of building enthusiasm in at least one other person, if not many.
— Submitted by C. A. from through the CollegeRecruiter.com Career Blog Application on Facebook.com.
