1. Build your Professional Identity and Brand
Rebecca Craig
Strategic Product Consultant
Stacy Takeuchi
Solutions Consultant

2. Agenda
 Build your professional recruiter brand
 Enhance your online reputation using LinkedIn
 Help strengthen your company’s overall talent brand presence
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3. What is a Brand?
Marketing experts will generally answer along
the lines of "a brand is your image". But a brand
is more than just your image. It also includes
your customers‘ experience and the expectation
you set when doing business with others. In
short, it is a promise.
– Scott Spanbauer
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4. Why is Your Brand Important?
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5. First Impressions Count
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6. Build Your Personal Brand Online

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8. You Are Your Company’s
Best Brand Ambassador
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9. Who Are You More Likely to Engage With?
VS
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10. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Profile Picture
Headline
Public URL
Recent Activity
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11. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Summary
Experience
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12. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Causes you support
Summary
Headline
Skills
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13. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Causes you support & Additional Info
Education
Connections you Follow
What
Summary
Profile Picture
Headline
Skills
Recommendations
Groups you’ve joined
Public URL
Recent Activity
Experience
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14. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Education & Additional Info
Recommendations
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15. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Connections
Groups you’ve joined
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16. The Structure of Your LinkedIn Profile
Summary
Headline
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17. Four Important Elements of a
Professional, Branded Profile

18. 1: Pick a Professional, Engaging Photo
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19. 2: Leave a Positive Footprint Behind
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20. 3: Show People…Don’t Tell People…
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21. 4: Get Recommended
My experience
as a candidate
was unlike any
other - she
helped me find
my dream job!
Great to work
with – brings
energy to us all
every day
Strongest data
engineer I have
worked with –
great to have
him in my team
We couldn’t
have done it
without her!
He was always
professional,
managed
expectations
and delivered
huge value to
our business
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22. Enhance Your Expert Reputation Online By
Engaging With Your Network

23. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Jobs!
HEY! Here’s a job!
Jobs!
OMG Jobs!
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24. Think in Thirds
1/3: Job Opportunities
1/3: Company News and Talent Brand Stories
1/3: Industry News and Personal Interests
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25. 1/3: Share Job Opportunities
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26. Your Brand in Action
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27. 1/3: Share Company News and Talent Brand Stories
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28. 1/3: Share Industry News and Personal Interests
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29. Make Your Updates Count

30. How Often Should I Share?
FREQUENTLY!
 Most engagement will happen within the
first 48 hours
 An update every couple of days will
maximize engagement
 2-3 updates per week per audience
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31. How Do I Increase Engagement?
Sharing
Liking
Call
Out/Call to
Action
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32. Measure The Impact of Your Brand

33. Analyze Your Engagement
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34.  Dove into the key areas of a profile to enhance your professional brand
 Showcased how status updates build your reputation and your company
talent brand including best practices for sharing
 Gave examples of how you can show off your company’s talent brand
through your own profile
 Evangelize the message - turn your company into a team of talent brand
ambassadors
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