1. Feeling Your Best Before the Job Interview
Presented by Hope Reisenwitz
A.C.E. Certified Health Coach
YMCA Diabetes Programs Life Style Coach

2. Let’s talk about:
Preparing for the interview: Do you consider how you are feeling physically can affect how your present yourself and are perceived in the interview?
What you can do to feel your best on the day of a job interview
How you can continue to put these healthy practices into place

3. Preparing for the job interview
Review job description
Research organization and interviewers
Prepare S.O.A.R stories
Dress for success

4. You Are What You Eat!
Have you ever thought about how what you have eaten prior to the interview can affect your performance? Do you feel energized and mentally alert by your food choices or sluggish and unable to concentrate?
Write down what you have eaten in the last 24 hours.

5. For the Basics of Healthy Eating Choose MyPlate
The MyPlate Model
½ Plate= Non-Starchy Vegetables and Fruits
¼ Plate= Grains, Starchy Vegetables
¼ Plate= Lean Protein Sources
Side of Non-Fat or Low Fat Dairy
Water, Tea and Coffee
Limited Healthy Fats and occasional Sweets
Avoid the Five Food Felons: Trans Fats; Saturated Fats; Refined Flour; Added Sugars and Syrups

6. How much you eat is just as important as what you eat

7. What are some good choices to eat prior to an interview?
A healthy balanced meal- MyPlate
A healthy snack that combines a protein or fat choice with a complex carbohydrate
Brain Food brain#2

8. What to Eat Before a Job Interview

9. What other healthy practices will help you to feel your best prior to an interview?
Proper Rest
Hydration
Physical Activity
Deep Breathing and Relaxation Techniques

10. How can you put these healthy practices into action to feel your best everyday?
Write down three things you will do today to prepare yourself to feel your best on your next interview and every day.
Commit this to another person and ask them to hold you accountable.

11. Do You Know Your Numbers?
The ABC’s of Good Health
A- A1C
B- Blood Pressure
C- Cholesterol

12. What do the numbers mean?
A1c- Under 5.6 is normal
Pre-Diabetic
6.5 and above-Diabetic (some healthcare providers will allow up to 7.0)
Blood pressure reading- Below 120/ Below 80 is normal
/ Pre-hypertension
Over 140/Over 90- Stage 1 and 2 Hypertension
Total Cholesterol – Below 200 is normal
Borderline High
240 and above- High

13. Are You at Risk for Diabetes and Other Health Issues?
Did you know that “9 out of 10 people don’t know that they have prediabetes and 1 out of 4 don’t know they have diabetes?”*
To find out if you are at risk complete the paper copy of the YMCA Community Health Diabetes Risk Assessment Form here or at any YMCA branch. You may also take the survey online at: ymcarichmond.org/diabetes
*Source: Centers for Disease Control

14. What questions do you have?