Discussion post 2b Digital Identity and your Personal Brand

Hello everyone,

Your Digital Identity is an online representation of you and everything you stand for, it’s important that you maintain your digital identity to ensure your future success. It’s important to remember that other people can view you and your digital self by looking you up online or checking your social media. This is important when applying to jobs, or internships as hiring managers can view and make assumptions about you based on what your digital identity represents.

For example, social media can play a role in getting a job or internship depending on how you represent yourself and your personal brand. Photos, posts, comments, and likes all represent you and what you believe in so it’s important to make sure that you are promoting yourself in the best way possible. This is also a great place to talk about some of your interests, display your skills and show your creativity. Your digital identity should represent your best self and to help you do that here are a few tips. First you want to delete anything that may be questionable to a hiring manager, no one wants to hire someone who posts questionable things online because this may look bad for the company. Another tip you can do is to describe your personal brand and what you represent. Finally, talk about yourself and some of the things you hope to accomplish, this can be seen as a goal and aspirations of yours and can possibly align with a future career path, and you never know who may see it.