Why is presentation important?

The book I chose for my secondary research is called Knockout job interview presentation by Rebecca Corfield. The reason that I chose this book is we are eventually going to use our presentation skill for our business career. So the book can give me employees’ point of view instead of students’ point of view.

After I finished my first presentation, the first thing came up to my mind is why we are using presentation and why it becomes more and more important in our lives.

Through two-year presentation experience at UB, I learned that the presentation is the way to show your research instead of letting others read through your report. Also, people can see how well your presentation skills are.

According to the first chapter of the book, the things that I discussed are also the things that interviewers want during hiring. Corfield, who is a career adviser, gathered 10 top reasons for having the presentation as a part of interviews.

“1.To test knowledge about a specific area of the job description.

2.To cover one of the big job areas in advance of the interview.

3.To elicit a candidate’s own view in some detail.

4.To see how well they can handle and talk to a brief.

5.To see how well candidates can communicate their thoughts.

6.To see how thoroughly and cleverly they can prepare in advance.

7.To see how candidates deal with a presentation on the day, without prior notice.

8.To see how persuasive and interesting candidates are in front of an audience.

9.To see that candidates interact with an audience, and deal with questions.

10.To see how candidates bear up under the pressure of having to “perform”. (2010)”

In other words, the interviewers just want to test candidates’ abilities and personality to see who performs better. I think it also applies to everything that involves sell-yourself, persuading someone, etc. So the presentation is like a key to your success: once you impress your audience, they are more likely to benefit you.

References:

Corfield, R. (2010). Knockout job interview presentations: How to present with confidence, beat the competition and impress your way into a top job. London ; Philadelphia, PA: Kogan Page.