Your Personal Brand Is Your SuperPower: Differentiate Yourself in the New Normal

Welcome to the Chicago Seleniumistas Monthly meetup, VIRTUAL edition!

About our April Meetup:
Come join Raj Subrameyer as he shares his talk, Your Personal Brand Is Your Super Power: Differentiate Yourself in the New Normal

Unlearn everything you know about your career and jobs. It is time we adapt to the new normal.

You have worked in a company for over a decade. You have been loyal, faithful, and put in a lot of hard work to do your best job over the years. All of a sudden, things like COVID happen and you get laid off or you do not get that promotion. Now what? How do you handle unexpected situations in your job and bounce back from it? How do you show your boss that you are special? This is a common narrative we are hearing these days and people are starting to realize that, there is no stability in their careers and they have to start looking ahead to the future.

Your personal brand will be the single most important thing that will set you apart from your competition, and I will teach you the tips, tricks, and tools to build it and thrive in the career you love. Some of them include how to use LinkedIn to grow your brand, effectively use conferences as a growth ladder, write articles and blogs, grow your network, and build your social media footprint to become a thought leader in the industry.

Key Takeaways

• Understand and learn strategies to adapt to the future of work
• How to build your personal brand?
• How to set yourself miles apart from your competition?

Raj's Bio
Raj Subrameyer is a tech career strategist focusing on helping people to land their dream job and become successful leaders. He is passionate about guiding professionals to maximize their opportunities and discover their zone of genius. He has given multiple TEDx talks and is a sought-after speaker at various conferences and has been featured in numerous TV news segments, podcasts and publications, including CBS, BBC, FOX, NPR, NBC, Entrepreneur, CEOWorld Magazine, CIO and Authority Magazine, Career Addict, Thrive Global, Addicted2Success and The Good Men Project. His areas of expertise include career advancement, leadership, motivation, productivity, mental health, diversity & inclusion and entrepreneurship. In his spare time, he loves traveling and enjoying craft beer. You can find more info about how he serves people through his website - www.rajsubra.com.

Sponsor:
This meetup is sponsored by Agile Testing Days USA, the conference for all agile enthusiasts and software testing professionals, set to take place from June 5 - 9 in the Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center in Chicago. Track sessions, keynotes, tutorial classes, social events, and a great variety of networking opportunities cover topics ranging from emerging technical needs in Agile and testing to topics that fall outside of or beyond testing—like diversity, ethics, mentoring, and mental health.

Check out their program and register with this code to get a 10% discount on your ticket: ATDUSA22_MESEL

For any questions, please reach out to [info@agiletestingdays.us](mailto:info@agiletestingdays.us).

Instructions for attending the Meetup
Join the meeting via Discord. For Discord it would be helpful if you created an account in advance! The link below will be active before the event, and the Chicago Seleniumistas Discord Server is already live! Feel free to start the discussion early.

Discord instructions
1. Click this discord invite link
2. Login to Discord or create a Discord account
3. Enter the #introductions channel and post these things:
a) Name
b) Job Title
c) What you are looking forward to getting out of this meetup (please include this!)

An admin will then admit you to the #presentation voice channel where the main event will be held!

General Guidelines
Please mute yourself in the #presentations voice channel. The speaker will provide opportunities to unmute yourselves, during question times.
There will be a #presentation text channel, ask any questions there you have during the presentation

The #general room will be open at all times. Feel free to socialize there!