Making a good first impression is as easy as picking the right kind of photo or video for your Talent Profile. If you use the pepelwerk Talent App, your Talent Profile is not complete without both a profile photo and a cover photo or video. The images and/or video on your Talent Profile are one of the first and most lasting impressions you make on a hiring manager, coaches and connections that you will make in the app. You should take these more seriously than your social media profiles because the people who see your images are people who could hire you.
Your Talent Profile is your first impression. It is visible to potential employers, and coaches.
Describe Your Attitude Towards Work
Describe yourself in 50 characters or less. Keep this brief, positive, and professional. This is short statement about how you want to me known when it comes to doing your job, working with others, how you treat customers, how you think of your work or how you work with others,
Book a career coaching session to get suggestions to better describe yourself professionally.
Profile Photo
Your profile photo must do two things:
- Your profile photo should be an expression of who you are when you’re at work. If you wouldn’t hire the you in your picture, why would a hiring manager?
- Profile photos work best when they are a headshot. They should show you from the shoulders up,
Cover Photo or Video
Your cover photo or video is your opportunity to express yourself. Some of our Talent Community members who work in creative fields use their cover photo or video to showcase something they’ve created or a hobby that is relevant to their goal job (think graphic design, painting or a set for a photoshoot). Others treat the video as a pre-recorded introduction. While what you do with your cover photo/video is ultimately up to you, keep in mind that:
- Your cover photo/video must be work appropriate. If you wouldn’t do or show what’s in your cover to your coworkers and your boss, it doesn’t belong as your cover.
- Your cover (and especially your cover video) sets the tone for how hiring managers view you. You won’t have the opportunity to explain anything until after the hiring manager has seen your cover. Good, bad or weird, save things that need to be explained for times when they can be explained.