6 Reasons

Why Building a Personal Brand Can

Land You Your Dream Job

November 2015

Sets you apart

Enriches your professionalism

Gives you an online identity

It captivates others

Champions your creativity

Fuels your passion

SIX REASONS:

It sets you apart

• Provides an INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

• SHOWS your CREATIVITY to a inquiring employers

• Goes BEYOND the paper resume

1.

Photo Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/29/25-bill-gates.html

I think it’s fair to say that personal COMPUTERS have become THE MOST EMPOWERING tool we’ve ever created. They’re tools of COMMUNICATION, they’re tools of CREATIVITY, and they can be SHAPED BY THEIR USERS

–Bill Gates

2.It ENRICHES your professionalism.

Prove your DIGITAL professionalism

and skill

Artist// Haysol

There is a fountain of youth: is is your MIND, and your TALENTS, the CREATIVITY you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you LEARN to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age.

– Sophia Loren

Gives you anONLINE IDENTITY

• SHOWCASES your work

• PROVES your skillset

• CREATES a face to the name

• SEARCH your name (Google.)

• SHINES through your passions

3.

CAPTIVATES them

4.

RESUME:Imagine reading 50 resumes in a row.

1. Font choice

2. Format

3. Past work experience

4. Boring

5. Boring

6. Boring

Imagine being able to interact with a resume.1. Different2. Interesting3. Creative4. Personality5. Work Examples6. Recommendation Letters7. Special Skills

WEBSITE:

Champions Your

Creativity“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” –

Albert Einstein

5.

Source: CeciliaCreative

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns

in order to look at things in a different way.

–Edward de Bono

FUELS your PASSION

6.

Continue to create work that INSPIRES you

Searching for your ‘perfect job’ can be daunting and discouraging.If you continue to create work that you love whether it is photography, writing, design, graphics, inventions or something else it will keep your

spirits up.

Post your personal projects on the ‘blog’ section of your new website portfolio!

This will enhance your portfolio, online identity and potentially could land you a job in a field more related to your interests.

It can also provide an outlet when your current job has you working in something you cannot find passion in.

ex. Ending up in finance when you are passionate about the fashion industry

If we are going to spend 30 years of our lives working - let’s have some fun with it.

WHY FUELING YOUR PASSION IS IMPORTANT:

Your site can SET YOU APART from other applicants.

Make yourself a digital footprint and provide an ONLINE IDENTITY.

CAPTIVATE your future employer with design, personality, work examples.

Use your site to CHAMPION YOUR CREATIVITY and show what unique skills you can add to a company.

Take your portfolio site and continue to work on personal projects that FUEL YOUR PASSIONS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

You have the ability to ENRICH your personal skill and PROVE yourself in a ‘young’ digital world.

WHERE TO BUILD YOUR SITE:

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The * is a reference to what I have seen as the most ‘user friendly’

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Thank you so much for joining me in this

slideshow! I hope it equipped you

with passion and excitement to put

yourself out there in the digital world.

My Blog: Kaylasjoy.com