How to build your online career brand

How to build your online career brand—

If you are still wasting countless hours to post your resume or search for the jobs, if the answer is “ YES ” the you have to use web to build your  career brand, for that it is important to make a good resume and use online branding tools to build your online status. Job seeker presence can be  easily found by recruiters, managers. You should be strong enough to make a positive impression on the people you don’t know. Here are some of the tools for job seekers to build online career brand—

1)      LinkedIn profile—

LinkedIn is a business oriented networking site in which experienced business professionals  around the world  represent their brands. You  have to create profile which act as resume or introduction to your career brand. After that try to make connection with other members.

2)      Personal websites—

The other best way to promote  your career brand is to develop your personal website that show your achievements. You have to buy a domain with your name and publish your career resume, related articles that makes employers looking for jobs, directly approach you.

3)      Blog —

If you have habit to write, then create a blog that include news, job related links, discussions etc . try to write related topics of your brand and also comment on other blogs so people will know the information you want them to know.

4)      Twitter account —

Twitter, networking site that helps people to connect and communicate. Here, more and more people are tweeting information related to job links. So it is very easy to build your career brand and make connections.

5)      Google or other profiles—

Try to make Google profile which is eye catchy that makes it appears on the search page whenever search on Google profile. Also join  other social network sites such as face book , etc create a profile in relevant professional organizations if they allow you.

Reference : career branding and planning a career brand