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term: Professional Brand

Professional brand is a brief statement that summarizes your unique strengths and how you differ from your competition. It assists in defining who you are, what makes you great, and why you should be hired. Your brand communicates your reputation and value to an employer. For example, a project manager’s professional brand might be: I’m a deadline-driven projects manager with the ability to achieve an optimal mix of The 3 P’s: People, Process, and Products.

Career Placement Coach for Data Science -- John Hyde

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Professional Attire

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Bring or buy some appropriate clothes above when arriving at CU, for sake of interview or sending your resume.

Consistent Online Image

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TODO: keep your online image on those social media platforms consistent for starting your professional career

Virtual Meeting Presence

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TODO: make sure your professional brand is on your Zoom background and your professional photo in all other online applications is also loaded into Zoom when you turn off your camera

PS: Change your default avatar and set up your virtual background with a customized picture by PhotoShop

LinkedIn Profile

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Todo: build your linkedin profile referring to the homepages of John Hyde and Brianne Courtese.

Develop a daily habbit to look over the feed page on LinkedIn to follow employers and organizations and see if there is any news or offer.

PS: Remember to change your master degree to September, 2021 instead of July, 2021 and update your USA phone number

Email Etiquette and Signature

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TODO: update your signature in Lionmail as your professional e-mail.

PS: add your phone number to the end of the signature when you arrive at CU.

Pronouns in Use

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Phone Messages

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TODO: set up a professional voicemail greeting

Many employers are still calling students to introduce themselves and perhaps setting up an interview for you.

e.g., hello, you've reached Candong Chen. I'm not available to take your call. Kindly leave your name, number and a brief message. And I'll return your call as soon as I can. Thank you.

PS: set voicemail on Tmobile SIM card when arriving at USA.

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