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Improving your social media or online presence

Improving your social media or online presence

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Improving your social media or online presence

- So you have your elevator pitch, and your resume, and your portfolio or website figured out. But what else about your general online presence? Your online presence plays a big part in your personal brand but it can also be an asset or a detractor to opportunity. So when you think about your online presence, as it relates to your career journey, it's more than updating your LinkedIn. The reality is many, if not most employers perform online searches for creative job applicants to learn more about their interests and their hobbies, but also their industry involvement and their ability to market themselves. They really want to know not just about your work but who you are as an individual. So as an example, let's just say hypothetically you're applying for a job. And the hiring manager is very impressed with your resume and portfolio. They've brought you in for an interview and you impress them again with your professionalism and ideas for the position. Later the hiring manager comes…

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