Navigating Your Future in the 21st Century

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Navigating Your Future in the 21st Century

• Presented by,
• Patricia Troy-Brooks
• Workforce Expert.Career Navigator..Author
• www.PatTroyBrooks.com

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Navigating Your Future

• The World has Changed in the 21st Century
• Have you Changed?
• Have you changed how you package your brand?
• Do you have a brand or know what your brand is?

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Navigating Your Future

• Are you taking steps to compete in this highly
  competitive global market?

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Competition in the 21st century

• Job Seeker out shine the competition
• If employed employers have choices
• If you are a student job seekers with more
  experience
• If you are a seasoned worker tech savvy younger
  generation
• On Every Level you must be your best and do your
  best in order to navigate your future and control
  your destiny

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What has changed in the 21st Century Workplace?

• Technology advancements
• Adaptability
• Economic Globalization
• Higher Employer Expectations
• Productivity Rate
• More diverse workplace
• Must be a Life Long Learner to Survive

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Are You Changed?

• If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the
  rate of change on the inside,
• the end is near.
• --Jack Welch (former Chairman CEO of General
  Electric)

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• 3 Steps
• To
• Navigating
• Your Future
• In The 21st
• Century

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Step 1 Building Your Brand

• To Compete in the 21st Century you must build a
  strong brand

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What is Personal Brand Building?

• The process of identifying what makes you unique
  and relevant then communicating that brand
  message to the proper audience.

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Who Needs a Personal Brand?

• To succeed in the workplace, you need a
  well-defined personal brand that supports your
  companys mission
• It is wise for job seekers to build a personal
  brand because doing so will lead to fresh
  opportunities

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Creating Your Brand in the 21st Century Workplace

• Personal branding is very powerful because it
  sends a clear, consistent message about who you
  are and what you have to offer.
• A strong, authentic personal brand helps you
  become known for what you're good at, sets you
  apart from everyone else, and can position you as
  a niche expert.
• Have fun creating your brand

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Why Build Your Brand?

• Need strong brand to gain employment
• Helps you maintain employment
• it properly positions you in your employers
  mind.
• Differentiates you from others
• Increases your visibility, and credibility.
• You feel relevant, valued and significant which
  boosts your self confidence.

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Navigating Your Future

• Step 2-
• Polish your Internet Presence

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Step 2Polish your Internet Presence

• Manage your digital footprint

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How to Enhance Your Internet Presence?

• Set up social media accounts
• Connect with as many people as you can Facebook
  LinkedIn.
• Social Media can help you and hurt you. Be
  careful what you others post

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• A Polished Internet Presence
• Is the Key to Navigating Your Future Achieving
  Success

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Step 3

• The world is changing FAST
• Technology is evolving
• Processes are changing
• To stay relevant you must commit to being
• A life Long Learner
• What is a Life Long Learner?

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Benefits of Lifelong Learning

• Stop learning you die
• By continuing the learning process you remain
  relevant.
• The opposite of relevant is irrelevant
• you get to pick which one
• you want to be labeled

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Words to Live By

• We make a living by what we get and a life by
  what we give.
• Winston Churchill-