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Building Your Personal Brand

Location: United States
Experience Type: Employer Shadows, Virtual Work Experience Opportunities
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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 Branding
    • Image Processing
    • Reputation Management
    • Self-Reflection
  • Manage Your Online Presence & Personal Brand
    Take action to manage your online presence and assess your current personal brand.

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

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

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

    • Professional Networking
    • Brand Management
    • Personal Branding
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

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Contact & Location

Phone
​(540) 261-8461
Email
launch.center@svu.edu
Website
https://svu.edu/
Address

Main Hall 219
One University Hill Dr.
Buena Vista, VA 24416

Career Service Hours

Day of the week
Daily Walk-In Extra Launch Center Events
M Monday 9 am - 1:30 pm (Appointments)  
T Tuesday 12 pm - 4 pm (Takeoff Tuesday) Takeoff Tuesday 12 pm - 4 pm
W Wednesday 9 am - 3:30 pm (Appointments)  
TH Thursday 11 am - 4 pm (Appointments)  
F Friday By appointment only  

Walk-in Hours - Every week in Main 219

Meet the Team

Tyler Orr Meet Tyler
Oli Byrd Meet Oli
Katelyn DeVore Meet Katelyn
Lily Goodworth Meet Lily
Aaron Miller Meet Aaron
Caleb Palmer Meet Caleb
Emily Ruffell Meet Emily
Elizabeth Scott Meet Elizabeth
Lauren Vestel Meet Lauren
Phone
​(540) 261-8461
Email
launch.center@svu.edu
Website
https://svu.edu/
Address

Main Hall 219
One University Hill Dr.
Buena Vista, VA 24416

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