A presentation to guide you in career management. It touches on the most important areas of career management including personal branding, use of social media, social reputation and career transition.

1. Manage your career.
Maximize your potential.
Kamyar Faron
kamyar@talentral.com
(408) 391-3839

2. What is career?
Oxford English Dictionary: “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life).”
Wikipedia: “an individual’s journey through learning, work and other aspects of life.”
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3. What is career management?
&
How is it related to job search?
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5. What is success?
I
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My Job

6. A well managed career leads to Success.
“Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Confucius
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7. Misalignment
Desired
Job
Company
Job
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8. Alignment
Company
Desired
Job
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9. Skills
Fundamental dimensions of career
Domain Knowledge
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10. Career Management
Career
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11. Skills
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12. T Shaped People
B R O A D
D
E
E
P
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13. E Shaped People
Experience
Expertise
Execution
Exploration
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14. What is a Personal Brand?
At the core of a well managed career is
A Personal Brand!
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15. Social Media
It’s a tool, a channel, and a medium for:
marketing, positioning, and branding
&
Yes, it is for everybody!
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16. Career Assets
Manage and use them appropriately across
Social Media Channels
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17. In Closing
• Understand your path
• Manage the trajectory
• Tend to your personal brand
• Make sure you have alignment
• Be passionate &
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your job

18. Questions?
Contact:
Kamyar Faron
kamyar@talentral.com
(408) 391-3839
@talentral
facebook.com/talentral
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