Be confident in your abilities. Artifact 1: Build confidence with self-promotion. [REFLECTION]

When you are confident you are able to acknowledge what you are talented at doing, the value you bring to an organisation and carry yourself in a manner that communicates this to others. Sometimes the lack of confidence is from not being able to recognise your talents, skills and past achievements. With this in mind, I discovered the Build confidence with self-promotion GOOGLE course. This course teaches the tools need to recognise your talents, skills and past achievements and the ability to communicate it to others. As a consequence of this there is an increase in confidence.

First lesson: Introduction to self-promotion

What is self-promotion?

Self-promotion is about educating the relevant people about skills and value that you can bring to the organisation. So that people can make the best possible choice in terms of recruiting you and knowing that you are the best person for the job. Self-promotion is a process where you look at what you are doing daily, analysing the skill you have, what you do, and using them to further yourself. Self-promotion is essential to succeed in careers.

Why is self-promotion hard?

There is a misconception around it that it is bragging. This can stem from upbringings or cultural backgrounds which shun speaking about one’s achievements. Therefore, self-promotion brings up feelings of disgust for some people. But there is a solution, there is scientific evidence to show that as soon as people assign the feeling to something ese apart from the act of self-promotion, they are much better at doing it.

 Why is self-promotion important?

A very minuscule amount of people who apply for job get the opportunity to have an interview. Consequently, if you put yourself in the context of applying for job with people who are as competent and capable as you, you need to have that added extra that makes you stand out. This is where self-promotion comes in. Most jobs are ascertained through networking and the ability to talk confidently about your skills to a group of people who you are networking with. There is evidence that being able to self-promote not only is more likely to secure you the job, but it sin more likely to secure you the job that you really thrive at. The more accurate that you are able to be about your talents, qualities and past achievements the more able the person you are interacting with is to make the right decision about you.  

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Second lesson: Explore what makes you stand out.

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Third Lesson: How to practice self-promotion.

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Before completing this course I was unsure where to begin with developing competency five. After completing this course about self-promotion, I am capable of acknowledging what I am talented at doing, the value I bring to an organisation and carry myself in a manner that communicates this to others. The tools I learned are something I have to continuously work on for it to be fully realised in my life.

Link to Google Course: Build confidence with self-promotion

https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/collection/656748/path/1172351