Honing Your Personal Brand
IN THIS LESSON
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This Week Is a Little Different!
This week, there are just three important activities, and each of the readings is to follow along and guide each activity: your resume, your Linkedin, your Cover Letter
Expect to spend at least one hour on EACH of these three activities. You may want much more time than that— remember you can and should continue building these ongoing with time!
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Policy resumes | Emerging Technology Policy Careers
This guide explains how to write a strong resume for US policy roles, even if your prior experience was outside policy. It's important to tailor your experience to your target policy contexts and understand how to present yourself in the more traditional style expected in many policy institutions.
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Using LinkedIn for policy roles
This guide explains how LinkedIn can function both as a public-facing resume and as a tool for networking, finding opportunities, and reaching people inside policy institutions. It helps you think more strategically about profile design, searchable expertise, and relationship-building in a field where professional networks matter a great deal.
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Policy cover letters | Emerging Technology Policy Careers
This guide shows how to write policy cover letters that complement your resume by adding context to your most relevant experiences and clearly connecting your background to an organization’s mission as part of a polished policy application.
