This document outlines 6 reasons why building a personal brand can help land your dream job: 1. It sets you apart from other candidates by providing an interactive experience that shows your creativity and goes beyond a typical resume. 2. It enriches your professionalism by proving your digital skills. 3. It gives you an online identity by showcasing your work, proving your skills, creating a face to your name, and shining a light on your passions. 4. It captivates potential employers by making your resume more interesting and showing your personality, work examples, and recommendations. 5. It champions your creativity which companies find valuable. 6. It fuels your passion by

1. 6
Reasons
Why Building a Personal
Brand Can Land You
Your Dream Job
November 2015

2. Sets you apart
Enriches your professionalism
Gives you an online identity
It captivates others
Champions your creativity
Fuels your passion
SIX REASONS:

3. It sets you
apart
• Provides an INTERACTIVE
EXPERIENCE
• SHOWS your CREATIVITY
to a inquiring employers
• Goes BEYOND the paper resume
1.

4. 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

5. 2.It ENRICHES your
professionalism.
Prove your DIGITAL
professionalism
and skill

6. 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

7. Gives you an
ONLINE IDENTITY
• SHOWCASES your work
• PROVES your skillset
• CREATES a face to the
name
• SEARCH your name
(Google.)
• SHINES through your
passions
3.

8. CAPTIVATES
them
4.

9. 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. Different
2. Interesting
3. Creative
4. Personality
5. Work Examples
6. Recommendation Letters
7. Special Skills
WEBSITE:

10. Champions
Your
Creativity“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
5.

11. Source: CeciliaCreative
Creativity involves breaking
out of established patterns
in order to look at things in a
different way.
–Edward de Bono

12. FUELS your PASSION
6.

13. Continue to create work
that INSPIRES you

14. 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:

15. 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.

16. 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.
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