{"id":5726,"date":"2016-05-15T06:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2016-05-15T06:58:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:58:36","slug":"3-steps-build-strong-personal-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/on-the-job\/3-steps-build-strong-personal-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Build a Strong Personal Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"personal<\/a>Congratulations. After weeks, or months, of job hunting, not only did you locate your \u201cdream job\u201d but they liked you and even hired you. You\u2019re excited to start contributing to this organization, especially as they appear ready to let you implement your brilliant ideas at a paygrade you couldn\u2019t even dream of complaining about. And don\u2019t you even get started about their great \u201corganizational culture\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yet, following the first few months, the honeymoon is over. Your desire to find a job quickly blinded you to the fact that your role wasn\u2019t a good fit, your work wasn\u2019t challenging enough or meaningful enough, and all of your colleagues are way too old for you to build deeper friendships. You liked your manager during the interview process, and maybe you even like your them as a person, but you can\u2019t stand him or her as a boss.<\/p>\n

Especially for new graduates, the transition from college to full-time work is often bumpy. Some of the smartest and most talented classmates during my business undergraduate program left their first post-graduation job within less than six months and many others are looking to leave within the first year.<\/p>\n

So how are you to manage a situation like this? Here are three viable steps to take that will help you maintain your personal brand when the job doesn\u2019t appear to be right.<\/p>\n