Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Brand: Career Strategies

Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Brand: Career Strategies Do you feel prepared to share your skills and achievements with the world? Whether you are planning for a job search, graduate school, or for a summer internship, how you present your skills and experiences on a resume, personal statement, or during an interview will impact your opportunities.  Check in here once a week to read tips on how to market your amazing BSOS degree as well as your personal attributes and co-curricular activities!  Visit the University Career Center @ BSOS or the University Career Center to explore additional resources. The Career Center’s Calendar of Events includes events and programs planned for spring 2018 that will bring 400+ employers and alumni to campus! We hope to see you at an event soon!  TIP #11: Make a Personal Branding Plan This blog series will walk you through how to translate your experiences into a compelling story of demonstrated skills and competencies that organizations and graduate schools desire. Before we jump into our weekly tips, consider reserving time to use what you will learn from these tips to network with professionals in your field, research organizations of interest, and/or explore graduate schools.   1. Reserve time on your calendar now to attend events and share your personal brand with professionals! 2. Find time to add to your skill set. Consider exploring Lynda.com’s classes. 3. Implement time saving strategies. Setup a “Saved Search” in Careers4Terps to filter through the 2,000+ job and internship openings posted and receive a weekly listing through email. 4. Use this workbook to get started on your personal brand today and throughout the semester. (A PwC resource). Brought to you by the University Career Center @ BSOS. Have a question? Email it to UCC-BSOS@umd.edu.  University Career Center @ BSOS @UMDCareerCenter   |   www.careers.umd.edu   |   go.umd.edu/UCCBSOS