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Building Your Personal Brand

Location: United States Experience Type: Forage: Employer Projects & Challenges

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Cultivate Your Online Presence

Developing your employability and professional development skills can be difficult when  you are starting out! Your personal brand is unique to you and being able to demonstrate what is great about you can really help you when applying to internships, vacation schemes or full-time employment. In our Building Your Personal Brand module you will learn about branding and how to best put forward your personal brand. 

After learning the importance of branding yourself to potential employers, you’ll see how you can make an optimised Linkedin profile that accurately reflects your skills and strengths!

No matter what field you plan to go into once you’re in the professional world, you’re going to have to learn how to market yourself within this new work environment. Learning how to sell your brand is critical to today’s professional world, especially with Linkedin.

What’s in it for you? 

No application process, no cost, and no set schedule; complete the programme on your own time.

Upgrade your personal brand and online presence 

Learn how to utilise Linkedin to advance your career.

Get ready for your professional future and start Ashurst’s programme today!

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Understand Personal Brand
    Develop an understanding of personal brand and why it matters for job seekers.

    • Personal Brand
    • Image
    • Reputation
    • Self-Reflection
  • Manage Your Online Presence & Personal Brand
    Take action to manage your online presence and assess your current personal brand.

    • Online Presence Management
    • Self-Assessment
  • Personal Brand + LinkedIn
    Gain an understanding of how to utilise LinkedIn to develop and promote your personal brand.

    • Personal Brand
    • Brand Management
    • LinkedIn
  • Optimise your LinkedIn Profile
    Develop and optimise your LinkedIn profile.

    • Personal Brand Toolkit
    • LinkedIn Profile
    • Brand Management
  • Promote your Personal Brand
    Promote your personal brand by crafting a compelling LinkedIn post.

    • LinkedIn
    • Brand Management
    • Personal Brand
  • Finish Line

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