Are you tired of looking up jobs and don’t be hired?
You can feel like you are not enough to get hired in the job of your dreams or you need only contacts to get wherever you want to reach...
I Used to feel so frustrated when I was Looking up jobs, sending cv or resumes, I started one hundred interviews and nobody wanted to hire me. I spent more than 6 months in this process, I felt like a bacteria, everybody rejecting my skills and my personality. I used to feel so bad and I started to ask myself what is wrong with me… what I'm doing bad, I need money and I need to do something to grow up, I need to pay the bills and have stability in my life.
During my depression days I met someone who was my teacher in college and I talked to her about my situation and she asked me “ why don't you brand yourself” I said what? Brand myself … What is that? So she recommended a book ( I'm gonna put in the description) and I started to learn about this, youtube videos, this book and other resources.
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Wondering how to brand yourself?
One of the best ways to articulate your skills, experience, knowledge, and overall worth in today’s competitive job market is to create a personal brand that helps you stand out in the crowd.
Branding yourself keeps you current in your chosen field, opens doors for you, and creates a lasting impression on clients. By developing your own brand, you’ll have control over people’s initial perception. If you don’t brand yourself, someone else will, and the outcome might not be in your favor.
Here in clever shakes I'm creating tutorials to manage the necessary tools to brand yourself by yourself.
Here are the 10 steps to know how to do it.
Step 1: Determine your unique value proposition
Spend some time thinking about what makes you different than your peers — your strengths, your passions, and your goals. If you left your job today, what would your company and colleagues miss? Know who you are, as well as who you are not.
Step 2: Find out how others see you
Ask trusted colleagues, co-workers, and friends for four or five adjectives they would use to describe you. What are you good at? What are your strengths? In which areas do they view you as “irreplaceable?”
Step 3: Identify your goals
Where would you like to be in six months? One year? Five years? Ten years? Defining your goals is necessary to crafting a message that helps you reach them.
Step 4: Identify your target audience
Just like Starbucks knows that their target audience is coffee drinkers, you need to define to whom you want to send your message. This will not only help you hone your message, it will help you deliver it to the right places.
Step 5: Reorganize your priorities
You’re probably used to putting yourself behind your company, co-workers, and clients.You still want to be loyal to these groups, but be loyal to yourself, first.
Step 6: Pay attention to the details
Everything you do ultimately contributes to your personal brand. Once your brand has been defined, make sure that the little things — the way you dress, your body language, how you behave with co-workers, the emails you write — are consistent with your brand message.
Step 7: Update your resume
Go through your resume to determine it gels with your brand. Ensure that your resume accurately defines who you are, and is in line with both your short-term and long-term goals.
Step 8: Become a social networker
Set up accounts at social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Ask those in your target audience to subscribe to your pages, and update on a daily basis. Make sure your updates are germane to your branding message.
Step 9: Build your own website
Your website should highlight your professional accomplishments, your skills and knowledge, what you stand for, and your overall value. Make it primarily about you, not your company or clients.
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