{"id":1649,"date":"2020-04-29T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:58:36","slug":"tips-for-remote-interviews-and-business-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/2020\/04\/29\/tips-for-remote-interviews-and-business-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Remote Interviews and Business Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><strong>Arrange Background Appearance.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cWhen you set up for your interview, look around at what the interviewer will be seeing in the background. Keep your background businesslike, clean and preferably neutral. If your desk will be showing, organize the top neatly and get rid of any clutter.\u201d\u00a0 This tip comes from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejobnetwork.com\/how-to-prepare-for-a-remote-job-interview\/\">\u201cHow to Prepare for a Remote Job Interview.\u201d <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0And we leave you to judge whether this is in fact <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.throughlinegroup.com\/2014\/04\/29\/the-worst-webcam-background-ive-ever-seen\/\">the <em>worst <\/em>background ever, but the article<\/a><\/strong> does flag some background problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minimize Background Noise.<\/strong>\u00a0 In the COVID-19 era, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY\">this guy is about to get a lot more company<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 To the best extent you can, arrange a quiet, private place to conduct your meeting.\u00a0 Be sure to silence nearby phones\/devices, too.\u00a0 If you set your phone to vibrate, keep it several feet away from your microphone.\u00a0 If the phone is sitting on a hard surface, the vibration can still be audible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjust Lighting.<\/strong>\u00a0 A slight shift in lighting can significantly change your webcam visibility. <em>Indirect<\/em>, natural light can be very helpful because it softly brightens your environs.\u00a0 Overhead lighting and lamps are fine, too, but avoid glare which can come from direct, artificial (or natural) lighting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Install a webcam cover.<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019ll likely be videoconferencing more in the coming weeks.\u00a0 You may start leaving videoconference apps open on your computer.\u00a0 You may even forget the apps are open.\u00a0 For your own safety and security, find a way to cover your webcam.\u00a0 You can buy an inexpensive cover at an office supply store or online, or simply use a piece of cardboard.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>final piece of advice<\/strong> in three parts:\n<ol>\n<li>Test before you meet.<\/li>\n<li>Test before you meet.<\/li>\n<li>Test before you meet.<br \/>\nOpen up Zoom (or whatever app you are using), and confirm that your video and audio are working a few minutes before the meeting start time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrange Background Appearance.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you set up for your interview, look around at what the interviewer will be seeing in the background. Keep your background businesslike, clean and preferably neutral. If your desk will be showing, organize the top neatly and get rid of any clutter.\u201d\u00a0 This tip comes from \u201cHow to Prepare for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2177,"featured_media":1650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29934,29914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-from-students-and-alumni","category-interview-skills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/files\/2020\/04\/zoom_1920x1080_entrance.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}