Program Information
Date: 13th May 2022
Venue: Google Meet (Online)
Organizer: PERSAKA UTM
My Role: Participant
Graduate Attributes
Mini Report
Personal Branding with LinkedIn is an event hosted by Persatuan Mahasiswa Sains Komputer (PERSAKA) to provide UTM students with information on how to improve their personal branding using LinkedIn. This event provides exposure to how to differentiate ourselves from the competition when pursuing a career path.
Dr. Iqbal Tariq (PERSAKA Advisor) begins the programme with a brief welcome speech and doa recitation. The floor is given to the invited speaker, Mr. Nazrul Irfandi, a Linkedln content creator. He began his presentation by providing a brief overview of the importance of Linkedln and tips for improving and enhancing one's portfolio by utilising Linkedln's useful functions. The speaker also emphasised the importance of students updating their profiles on Linkedln, as that platform is used by the majority of companies to recruit employees. Aside from that, the speaker provided many helpful tips on how to distinguish yourself from everyone on Linkedln so that the company is confident in hiring us through the platform.
Self- reflection
As someone who is not used to standing out and praising myself on online media platforms, I learned from the programme that it is important to stay active on Linkedln by posting about our accomplishments and participants. Because most potential employers will find their ideal employees by seeing that, it is critical to self-promote yourself on a consistent basis. As a result, I should be consistently involved in events and activities organised by universities or organisations outside of universities in order to have material to post on a consistent basis.