Brand-Yourself

Become Remarkable.

  • Home
  • About
  • Press
  • Stay Updated
  • Sign Up
  • Feed

Why College is the Best Time to Start Building Brand YOU

by Pete Kistler • August 29, 2008 • View Comments

  • Stumbleupon

There’s no better time to start building your brand than now, while you’re still a student.

College is the perfect place to start building your brand, because:

  1. You are surrounded by professors who want to help you succeed
  2. You are surrounded by peers who share your passions and interests
  3. You are surrounded by resources, like Career Services, that don’t exist outside of college

In college, you have the unique opportunity to:

  1. Explore your career interests without having to commit
  2. Develop and hone skills sought by employers
  3. Add to your network of relationships
  4. Work on projects that result in “deliverables” (tangible things you can show someone), because as the father of personal branding says, deliverables become “braggables.”
  5. Beef up your resume

So what are you waiting for? Learn the basics of what a personal brand is, and check our blog regularly to learn how to make yours remarkable!

Check out these related posts:

  • The 7 Deadly Sins of Personal Branding
  • The Sure-Fire Way to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution
  • Personal Social Responsibility
  • The Social Media Mullet: Business in Front, Party in Back
  • Time to Review You
Support me by sharing this post:

Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to Google Bookmarks Add to reddit Add to Stumble Upon Add to Technorati
blog comments powered by Disqus

About Us

Brand-Yourself.com is an award winning toolset that helps you proactively manage your online reputation and promote yourself effectively across the social web.

Follow Us

TwitterTechnorati Feed Feed Feed

TwitterCounter for @brandyourself

Search

Twitter

    Recent Posts

    • How To Expand Your Personal Brand Via Blog Comments
    • Top 5 Interview Thank-You Notes
    • New Twitter Tools for Job Seekers
    • 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • We’re Looking for Graphic Designers for Freelance Work
    • Transitioning Your Executive Career to the Green Industry

    Topics

    • Academic (18)
    • All (217)
    • blogging (48)
    • Books (7)
    • Brand-Yourself.com (266)
    • Careers (225)
    • College (102)
    • Entrepreneurship (11)
    • facebook (24)
    • Featured Articles (24)
    • Gen Y (23)
    • Google PageRank (8)
    • Guest Post (55)
    • How To (141)
    • Internships (6)
    • interviews (39)
    • job search (80)
    • linkedin (26)
    • Networking (126)
    • Personal Branding (238)
    • Press (2)
    • Recent Events (16)
    • reputation management (104)
    • Resume (35)
    • SEO (13)
    • Skills (78)
    • slideshare (1)
    • social media (65)
    • thank you notes (3)
    • top 5 (1)
    • Twitter (34)
    • Uncategorized (27)
    • Web Identity (141)

    Blogroll

    • Brazen Careerist
    • Chris Brogan
    • Chris Perry
    • Dan Schawbel
    • Dave Saunders
    • Geoff Livingston
    • Hajj Flemings
    • Harvey Palmer
    • Jacob Share
    • Jason Alba
    • Joel Cheesman
    • Kirsten Dixson
    • Lindsey Pollak
    • Maria Elena Duron
    • Meg Guiseppi
    • Neil Patel
    • Ola Rynge
    • Resume Writing Service
    • Rob Cuesta
    • The Campus Buzz
    • Walter Feigenson
    • William Arruda
    • Your Success Network

    Recent Comments

    • Stacy on New Twitter Tools for Job Seekers
    • funkydave on Everything You Need to Start Building Your Personal Brand Right Now
    • Udi Drezner on New Twitter Tools for Job Seekers
    • Mohammed Al-Taee on 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • Ryan Rancatore on 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • Ryan Rancatore on 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • Cassie Wallace on 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • Keith McIlvaine on 7 Tricks To Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience
    • Lukasz on We’re Looking for Graphic Designers for Freelance Work
    • jimarmstrong87 on Transitioning Your Executive Career to the Green Industry

    Archives

    • March 2010 (16)
    • February 2010 (25)
    • January 2010 (24)
    • December 2009 (18)
    • November 2009 (16)
    • October 2009 (15)
    • September 2009 (21)
    • August 2009 (23)
    • July 2009 (27)
    • June 2009 (20)
    • May 2009 (13)
    • April 2009 (12)
    • March 2009 (7)
    • February 2009 (7)
    • January 2009 (5)
    • December 2008 (6)
    • November 2008 (10)
    • October 2008 (12)
    • September 2008 (11)
    • August 2008 (12)
    • July 2008 (13)
    • June 2008 (5)
    • May 2008 (3)
    • April 2008 (4)
    • March 2008 (5)