Home Events How to Be Your Best in Virtual Interviews How to Be Your Best in Virtual Interviews In this session, you will learn how to use lighting, color, clothing, backdrop, eye contact, and mirroring to make a strong impression and why it’s important to keep answers succinct, pause, be comfortable with silence, and notice non-verbal cues during interviews. Learning objectives: Learn practical steps to take to look and sound your best despite your nerves. Understand how to combine the technology, body language, and behavioral features to make a strong impression in a virtual setting. Understand what it takes (posture, breathing, and gesturing) to look and sound confident. Speaker: Amy Aines Amy Aines is a communication strategist, speaker, coach, and trainer who builds career success skills. She teaches graduate students and postdocs at universities and government agencies how to simplify the complex, engage listeners, foster productive relationships, and make a bigger impact with their work. Amy is chief executive officer of Damianakes Communications, a consulting firm she founded in 1999, and co-author of Championing Science – Communicating Your Ideas to Decision Makers, a ‘how to’ book based on her four decades of work with scientists and engineers in the wireless, tech, and biotech industries. A former telecommunications executive, Amy’s industry roles have run the gamut from corporate spokesperson for $10B company, to culture and brand builder, technical writer, employee motivator, change manager, media trainer, workshop designer, speech writer, and speaker coach. She’s had the good fortune to work with leaders at global giants and startups including AirTouch, Genentech, McKesson, BioMarin, Gilead, Cisco, Stoke Therapeutics, Exelixis, Vodafone and numerous emerging tech and biotech firms. When she’s not teaching, Amy volunteers for the STEM Advocacy Institute, Beyond the Ph.D., and Quest Science Center, and enjoys singing with the Stay at Tone Moms. This session is part of the ‘Building Essential Communication Skills for Job Interviews‘ webinar series organized and co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Rackham Graduate School.
