BEING THE PREFERRED HIRE …
How on earth can you make yourself the most preferred hire? Someone who literally has the recruiters hounding them and the offers flowing?? Here is some advice… stand for your brand.. But first learn how to create it.
Personally and professionally I have heard a lot about personal branding, what is it? What can be done with it? And how can it benefit you in this area.
Few things I have gained from my experience:
Branding yourself as the employee whom companies want: To be an employee who is a brand, focus on:
> Role
> Skill
> Industry
Remember all 3 are important.
Look at your role and try and go deeper in it, then concentrate on your key skills and try and improve upon them. And then finally target the industry of your choice and know how it is shaping up and gain knowledge in that area. Try to be an SME of your area and try to make it your goal to excel and add value to the industry you are in and the principle you specialize in rather in just your job.
Demonstrate passion in all aspects of your field, read up articles, go for trainings, interact and read up on linkedin, do whatever you can to be the best in your field. People will look to hire such a person, who is a master in their field and not only in their job. As only if someone is passionate about their field can they add value to their role.
Let’s take a simple example:
> Skill: I am a marketing professional
> Role: My role is that of a marketing manager
> Industry: I am in the B2B IT industry
You will become a sure shot hire for someone if and ONLY if all of these 3 areas are in-line and in-synch.
This will be a true differentiator as an average person who goes for an interview will only talk about how he is fit for the role, you will talk about all 3 angles, how you can benefit the company through your skills, role knowledge and experience, and finally industry knowledge.
But hey be prepared to work hard:
It’s not easy to concoct stories about who you are and what you do, so try and be realistic as possible.
Work to add instances in this direction and also work upon these areas in REAL life
Remember in the interview, you can only be the person who you really are.
How on earth can you make yourself the most preferred hire? Someone who literally has the recruiters hounding them and the offers flowing?? Here is some advice… stand for your brand.. But first learn how to create it.
Personally and professionally I have heard a lot about personal branding, what is it? What can be done with it? And how can it benefit you in this area.
Few things I have gained from my experience:
Branding yourself as the employee whom companies want: To be an employee who is a brand, focus on:
> Role
> Skill
> Industry
Remember all 3 are important.
Look at your role and try and go deeper in it, then concentrate on your key skills and try and improve upon them. And then finally target the industry of your choice and know how it is shaping up and gain knowledge in that area. Try to be an SME of your area and try to make it your goal to excel and add value to the industry you are in and the principle you specialize in rather in just your job.
Demonstrate passion in all aspects of your field, read up articles, go for trainings, interact and read up on linkedin, do whatever you can to be the best in your field. People will look to hire such a person, who is a master in their field and not only in their job. As only if someone is passionate about their field can they add value to their role.
Let’s take a simple example:
> Skill: I am a marketing professional
> Role: My role is that of a marketing manager
> Industry: I am in the B2B IT industry
You will become a sure shot hire for someone if and ONLY if all of these 3 areas are in-line and in-synch.
This will be a true differentiator as an average person who goes for an interview will only talk about how he is fit for the role, you will talk about all 3 angles, how you can benefit the company through your skills, role knowledge and experience, and finally industry knowledge.
But hey be prepared to work hard:
It’s not easy to concoct stories about who you are and what you do, so try and be realistic as possible.
Work to add instances in this direction and also work upon these areas in REAL life
Remember in the interview, you can only be the person who you really are.
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