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Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Career Story:

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Ideas for building online visibility

What We’ll Cover Why YOU have to speak up

Personal Websites

Infographic Resumes

Tools

Social Media Updates

Benefits (Who & Why)

Google Is Your Resume

92%

Employers Search Social Media

Your Story Is Already Out There

“60% [of recruiters] are looking

for information that supports job

seekers qualifications for the job.

For some occupations, this could

include a professional portfolio.”

Rosemary Haefner, Chief Human Resources Officer at CareerBuilder

HR & Hiring Managers Say…

About/Bio

Specialties/Services

Portfolio/Projects Contact

News/BlogResume/

Experience

Online Portfolio Content

About/Bio

Resume/Experience

News/Blog

Specialties/Services

Portfolio/Projects

Contact

Visuals Support Your Qualifications

Website Elements With the Best Response from Employers

Branded.me

work experience pictures biography personal interests

-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%27% 26%

22%19%

content without images content with images

94%More Views

Skyword

65%

of the population are visual learners

Social Science Research Network

Match frequently used words from job

postings…

Another Way To Use Visuals

“Create and/or deliver presentations…”

“Conduct research …”

“Resolve customer issues…”“If you were stuck in a cubicle laden with

landmines and bombshells exploding all

around you; reinforcements on resource and

business objectives are scattered to the floor

and the phones are ringing like sirens… there

is only one heroine I would call to harness

the bearing, tact, initiative, eagerness,

understanding, courage and forward thinking

to get the job done. Her name is Natalie

Tarpinian-

ALIAS: Best In The Biz”

“Manage project details…”

“Troubleshoot…”

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Still Nothing…

Ideas

Personal Websites

LinkedIn

5 Things To Do On LI Today• Embed media (docs, pictures, video)• Link to personal website• Write a blog post once a month• Update status once a day• Create a SlideShare presentation

about YOU!

Branded.me

About.me

WordPress

nonprofits,

Weebly Wix

MoonFruit SquareSpace

Neomam.com

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Infographic Resumes

Easily Convert LinkedIn

Re.vu

Kelly & Visual.lyVizualize.me

Quick Points

Do• Buy your domain name.• Use multimedia.• Include link to portfolio on

resume, email signature, LinkedIn.

Don’t• Require files that need to

be downloaded. • Make your site overly

complicated, confusing.• Try to be all things to all

people.

Share & Promote

7 Outstanding Reasons to Hire Michelle Chance-Sangthong. My Visual Resume

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Chris Shade Presume: What do I do?

Be Bold. Take Risks• Share in status updates on social

media• Send directly to hiring manager via

Email• Present In-Person while networking• Publish a SlideShare presentation• Embed all visuals in LinkedIn• Include in email signature

Benefits

51%received new customers

or clients

48% 53%received new job

opportunitiesreceived new professional recognition

Of those who DID have a personal portfolio/website

is more valuable to their long-term career than a resume.63%

85%will become more important over the next 5 years when it comes to career success.

A Personal Website…

Who Should Be Online?

What good is your work if only your

boss sees it?

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