Preparing Your Professional Brand

How many jobs will you have?

Between ages 18 and 46 most people will have an average of 11 different jobs.

How do you start?

Define your brand.

Example of a brand statement:

• "HOSA student seeking a full-time healthcare position that requires dedication and compassionate care. "

Manage your social media.

Ways to manage your social media

• Google yourself to see your online presence.
• Make all your profile names and pictures the same for each site.

Ways to make your social media professional..

Facebook

• Put professional information on your page such as education and past jobs.
• Let your page highlight your skills.

Create a LinkedIn account

Twitter

• Contain career related content in your posts.
• Ex: "Seeking volunteer web design work #FBLA #computerprogrammer #webdesign"
• Seeking volunteer web design work

Your resume could make or break future opportunities

How do you prepare a persuasive resume?

Before writing a resume..

• Think about how you're going to SELL yourself
• Gain transferable skills
• Combine action words with your skills

Transferable Skills

• Written Communication
• Organization
• Positive Attitude
• Decision Making
• Motivation
• Computer Skills
• and many more..

Action Verbs

• Created
• Achieved
• Established
• Improved
• Implemented
• Organized
• and many more..

Write a persuasive cover letter

Mailing vs. Emailing

Mailing

• Use quality paper
• Type the envelope

Emailing

• Save resume as PDF and attach the file
• Use an appropriate subject line
• Use a professional email format (salutation, body, closing, signature block)
• Request confirmation of reciept

Job Market Changes

The U.S. Economy is Expected to Create
55 Million Job Openings by 2020.

24 million of these jobs will be entirely new positions.

31 million will be due to baby boom retirement.

By 2020, 65% of jobs will require a post-secondary education

Kings College

• Earn your diploma or associates in 8 to 16 months.

Accounting
Administrative Assistant
Office Administration
Computer Programming
Computer Specialist
Network Management
Graphic Design
Legal Administration
Paralegal
Medical Assisting
Travel and Tourism Management

How do graduate in only 8 to 16 months?

Traditional 2-4 year school:
2 (15 wk) semesters=30 wks/yr
(12-18 hrs) x17 hrs/wk
510 hrs/yr

Kings College:
2 (16 wk) semesters=32 wks/yr
(5 hrs x 5 days) x25 hrs/wk
800 hrs/yr

No weekend or evening classes!!

Traditional 2-4 Year School

Kings College

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• Job Placement?
• King's has placed 96% of our students last year.

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• King’s graduation rate is 72%

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• King's has small classrooms and one-on-one environment
• King's has two well-maintained residence halls

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• Accredation?
• King’s is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

Financial Aid

Types:

• Grants
• Loans
• Scholarships

Grants

• Pell = $5,755
• SEOG = Amount Varies
• Does NOT have to be paid back!

Loans

• Direct Stafford Student Loans = $3,500 - $6,000
• PLUS = Maximum Varies
• DOES have to be paid back!

Scholarships

Scholarship Day
January 23, 2016

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