职场英语：为什么你应该随时准备一份Elevator Speech

今天我们依然关注职场英语： Why should everyone prepare an elevator speech at any time! 为什么每个人都应该随时准备一份电梯交谈。

ES 这个短语是源自于美国，它指的是一个20-30s，最多不超过一分钟的精华版自我介绍，可以使你本人，也可能是你的产品，它的艺术在于你需要用最短的时间最大可能的吸引对方的兴趣，这样为自己增加更多的工作机会或者合作机会

Imagine that you are on an elevator. It stops, and the vice president of a company you want to work at steps in. He has no idea who you are

"The doors close and you have 20 or 30 seconds to grab his interest. What do you say?" 想象一下你在电梯里，你突然偶遇了你很想去工作的那家公司的VP. 他完全不认识你，电梯门关了，你有20-30秒钟的时间去引起他的兴趣，那你会说什么？

While you likely won't have many real-life elevator encounters like this, similar situations – where you only have a moment to spark someone's interest – happen all the time.

尽管像这种电梯偶遇可能不会很多，但是类似的场景-你只有很短的时间去吸引别人的兴趣是经常会有的。

Taking advantage of the short time you have with a prospective investor, employer or networking contact is crucial.

在短时间内吸引潜在的投资人，雇主或者关系网中的联络人的兴趣对我们自身的发展非常重要

As a short, prepared statement, elevator speech is designed to pitch yourself or your brand, can be your secret weapon when done right, opening the door for additional communication, be interesting and memorable

一个精心准备的简短的电梯交谈，用来介绍你自己或者是你的产品，如果运用得当，是完全可以成为你的秘密武器。为你增加更多和对方交流的机会，所以一定要尽量有趣，让人印象深刻

Consider these three questions, try to phrase one to three sentences about yourself.

1.Who do you work with?

2.What do you do, or what role do you play?

3.What result is achieved?



List your experience, expertise, core skills and personality traits。

Get a clear picture of your strengths. Tie these key points about yourself together by sharing an accomplishment, your career objective and your skill set."

把你的经验，专长，核心技能以及个性特点列个单子，这样可以让你对自己的长处有一个清晰的认识。把这些长处和你的成绩，以及职业目标，技能表达出来就可以让别人对你是什么样的人，能做什么事，在短时间内有一个清晰的认知了。