What are things you should include in your elevator speech?

2015-05-14T12:39:42-04:00

For interviews both informal and formal, how would you pitch as a Veteran and former leader?

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made May 14 at 2015 12:46 PM

2015-05-14T12:46:07-04:00

"I'm a professional, and I like to work for professional organizations." It's clean and to the point. The few times I've used it, I've watched the interviewers face instantly go into processing mode, as opposed to reading the questions on the page mode.

Response by COL Jason Smallfield, PMP, CFM, CM made May 14 at 2015 2:09 PM

2015-05-14T14:09:31-04:00

- Elevator speech. An elevator pitch, elevator speech, or elevator statement is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a profession, product, service, organization, or event and its value proposition. The name "elevator pitch" reflects the idea that it should be possible to deliver the summary in the time span of an elevator ride, or approximately thirty seconds to two minutes. The term itself comes from a scenario of an accidental meeting with someone important in the elevator. If the conversation inside the elevator in those few seconds is interesting and value adding, the conversation will continue after the elevator ride or end in exchange of business cards or a scheduled meeting.
- I like SGT Kennedy's response "I am a professional and I like to work for professional organizations".
- An additional tag line would be "I am a leader who has been entrusted with the lives of others and have routinely solved complex problems with limited resources".

A variety of people, including project managers, salespeople, evangelists, and policy-makers, commonly rehearse and use elevator pitches to get their points across quickly.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 14 at 2015 7:03 PM

2015-05-14T19:03:28-04:00

I don't know squat because I have not interviewed, but I imagine your strengths are planning, communicating, providing reports to higher, taking care of people, allocating resources, and executing operations. I tried to help lol