Leicester Online Networking Employability Award
- 2. Background Designed to develop and hone networking skills using social media Develop a ‘Personal Brand’ to enhance employability prospects
- 3. To stand out from other graduates with similar qualifications you need to understand who you are and what you want to achieve. short term and long term objectives. What you want to be known as How you are going to stand out Interpersonal skills are becoming greater Passion about a job in tremendous Personal Brand
- 4. Personal Brand Constructive self-criticism to know where I can improve my skill set Strengths Analytical Problem Solving Communication Weaknesses Leadership Creativity Self-management
- 5. Personal Brand Identify interests and values that motivate your career goals All combine to create your own personal brand: Analytical, methodical and articulate graduate with excellent communication and problem solving skills, I remain calm under pressure. I also have advocacy skills with the perseverance to see negotiations through to a successful conclusion. I am keen to begin a career in the law sector, specialising in Family and Private Client Law.
- 6. Networking Once you have a personal brand, you can expand your employability prospects by networking with employers. The recruitment system has forced us to become networkers.
- 7. Networking As you can see, there are still other social networking websites that I could expand into. Beginning of the course Facebook End of the course Facebook LinkedIn Google+
- 8. Networking Choosing which social media website and how you present them is crucial Clean profiles Professional appearance Reflect the industry you wish to progress into
- 9. Networking Research the companies you want to network with Draw upon how they represent the company on various social networking sites, and use this to your advantage.
- 10. Networking As part of the Online Networking Employability Award, I created this blog to convey my personal brand to employers. Peer Review
- 11. Reflection Increased my digital footprint by creating a LinkedIn, Google+ and Personal Blog Increased networking by following Company blogs Learnt how to sell my image Career plans