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Communicate your career story

Communicate your career story

- When you think about communicating your career story, the first thing that may come to mind is sharing in a video, on a website, or even here on your LinkedIn profile. There are several ways for you to share your story, but remember, you're communicating your story every single day with your manager, with your customer, and with your colleagues. As we've discussed, think of communicating your career story like episodes of your favorite show. Every interaction you have with someone is potentially a new episode, so don't feel you have to share your entire story. You have several seasons to add new episodes. The purpose of sharing your career story is to communicate the value you bring to your work. So what exactly is value? Value is "the regard that something is believed to deserve; the importance or usefulness of something." So when you're communicating your value, there are three priorities to keep in mind. First, who…

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