How to take hold of Your Future
After reading this, you’ll be ahead of the curve. You’ll understand how to utilise your strengths and overcome your weaknesses. You’ll become the most desirable candidate to any employer!
At Hertfordshire University, we want you to succeed, and you will. We will outline tips for you to help promote your personal brand and dominate the job market.
Are you ready to mould your future?
Put Your Hert into It!
Building your personal brand is all about having you and your core values shine through. It should reflect your strengths and accolades. A good way to begin creating your personal brand is through LinkedIn. You are able reference all your previous study and any qualifications you have gained over the years. LinkedIn also provides a plethora of courses through its LinkedIn Learning software, where you can choose from a range of free courses to expand and further your learning. Once completed these courses will show up on your profile, here is where employers can learn who you are and what you have to offer. LinkedIn is great for networking and expanding your brand, as you can easily contact and find likeminded individuals or companies.
There’s really nothing to lose, so what are you waiting for? Create your profile now.
Applying to your First Job
Creating and perfecting your CV is essential to standing out to employers. Try to personalise your CV to the company and position you’re applying to. Using company specific ideals and goals will highlight you as a key candidate. You already have a head start in front of the competition with the industries ties and connections Hertfordshire University has to offer. As well as this, Herts provides support to Alumni students from their Careers and Employment Service. This opportunity is available for up to four years once you’ve finished you’ve graduated. You can find more about what Herts has to offer here.
Alternative Opportunities
Diving straight into employment may not be for you, and that’s okay. Building your personal brand is all about defining yourself. As Alumni of Hertfordshire University, you are offered a 20% discount if you decide to continue onto a postgraduate or research degree Hertfordshire. Along with this, Hertfordshire also provides support to alumni who are aspiring entrepreneurs. This encompasses a 15% discount when hiring a venue on campus where you have a space to build and grow your business, or even branch out and make new connections in business meetings. Hertfordshire University also offers the Graduate Entrepreneur Programme, which aims to help you call the shots and become your own boss. For more information, click here.
There is so much support for you, whether you want to go out there and find your dream job, continue your studying in a postgraduate degree, or begin your life as an entrepreneur. There is so much to do, and the University of Hertfordshire is backing you every step of the way, so there’s really nothing stopping you.
If you have further questions or require more support, visit https://www.herts.ac.uk/alumni/contact-alumni for email and postal enquiries
