SMART Job Seeker Cheat Sheet: Personal Branding

 By Mary Salvino, Career Management Coach

This easy-to-use cheat sheet pulls together the best tips, tricks, and advice from our archives.  It has been created to provide clear recommendations on how to address the most common areas for improvement related to personal branding during your job search: 

• Identify your strengths – In which industry-related topics do you feel competent?
• Create websites to showcase your skills – WordPress, Blogger, YouTube, Facebook fan page, Google+ business page, free on-line magazines
• Choose your medium – Blog, Video, Public Speaking, Host/Manage a group on LinkedIn
• Post content on your blog on a regular basis
• Make it easy for your readers to share your content
• Join professional on-line community groups
• Leave thoughtful comments on the conversation threads started by other people who work in your industry
• Use Twitter to find and/or follow like-minded people/leaders who are interested/write about your profession/niche
• Find/use tools to make it more efficient to publish and promote your blog

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