CHAPTER 7: PROMOTING YOURSELF
Throughout this book I’ve encouraged you to take personal responsibility for your career. In this chapter, we’ll look at what you can do to promote yourself so that you achieve your career goals. I’ll discuss what can stop you getting what you want, how to build your self-confidence and develop your personal brand as well as using tools such as LinkedIn to promote yourself as well as tips for preparing a ‘stand-out’ CV.
Self-confidence assessment
To develop your career, you need to believe in yourself, recognise your successes and trust your abilities.
Use the following assessment to evaluate your levels of self-confidence.
Table 3: Self-confidence Assessment
How to score
For statements 1 to 5, score:
• 4 points ...
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