Personal branding is not just for job searchers. No matter your role in academia (admin, advising, faculty, etc.), your personal brand is vitally important. This active, hands-on workshop will provide an overview of personal branding, and will discuss strategies and tools for helping you to strengthen your personal/ professional brand.     

 Presenter:

Mercedes Hunt, Ph.D. is the Director of Undergraduate Business Management and Finance Programs at Granite State College (GSC). Mercedes gives keynote speeches, develops curriculum, and helps organizations to better engage stakeholders. Mercedes has invested most of her career researching, teaching, and implementing sustainability in events, venues and tourism. Personal sustainability is a crucial to life; a previous job search led her to discover that the career landscape had significantly changed over the past five years. Since then she has been sharing her lessons with higher ed about personal branding, LinkedIn optimization and career development.