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| | | | | Stay Consistent with Your Personal Brand by Brenda Bence | | |
You’ve had a great interview, and you feel strongly that you’re a top contender for the job. Maybe the interviewer even told you that you’re the #1 choice. Even so, this is not the time to rest on your laurels. How you present yourself after an interview is just as important as what you did before and during the interview. In fact, some candidates have made mistakes after their interviews that took them from the top of the list to the bottom of the list.
The solution? Defining and communicating a strong “job-seeker personal brand” can help you to maintain your place and become not just the #1 choice, but the candidate hired for the job. Personal branding when it comes to a job search is all about how you want potential employers to perceive, think, and feel about you in relation to other candidates.
So, branding yourself helps you influence potential employers and allows you to establish a strong connection and relationship with your interviewer both before and during the interview. What many applicants forget, however, is that staying consistent with their personal brand after the interview is just as important.
For example, if you have established a very professional personal brand before and during your interview, how might you be perceived if you suddenly begin to send e-mails to your interviewer with emoticons? You might believe that it’s okay to be casual because you’ve built a friendly enough relationship with the interviewer - but be careful. Stay true to your desired personal brand of professionalism, and you’ll have a much better shot at that great job you want so much!
Here are some tips for keeping your brand in check after an interview:
Stay Consistent with Your Personal Brand
| | | | Article Source : Article-treasure.com | | Publication date : 04-11-2010 | | | | Article by Brenda Bence | | | | Brenda Bence is the author of Stay Consistent with Your Personal Brand. She also the author of How YOU™ Are Like Shampoo for Job Seekers: The Proven Personal Branding System to Help You Succeed in Any Interview and Secure the Job of Your Dreams. It is the first book to present a step-by-step personal branding system geared specifically to the job search process – before, during, and after job interviews. | | | | Keywords : career development, career advice, job search, job opportunities | | | | |
