The Alumni Club at Arab Open University, Kingdom of Bahrain, in collaboration with the Faculty of Business Administration, organized a virtual lecture entitled "Building Your Personal Brand for Employment", presented by Dr. La’alea’ Al-Aali, Assistant Professor at the Business Faculty, on Thursday, 24 March 2022, through the GoToMeeting program.
The lecture aimed to prepare students and graduates, to be qualified at workplace, by building their own unique employment brand for excellence and in order to get better opportunities for development and growth.
In her lecture, Dr. Al-Aali addressed factors that contribute to building the unique personality of an employee by highlighting the skills and experience that a person has to acquire in order to stand out among other colleagues at workplace and/or applicants. She further elaborated to cover the skills needed to build trust with clients and employers.
Dr. Al-Aali also focused on basic skills that contribute to adding real perceived value at workplace: ways of effective communication between individuals, the art of speaking, body language, teamwork and commitment, so as to prove oneself and to create a strong impression that promotes the building of the employee's brand.
In the conclusion of the lecture, Dr. Al-Aali expressed her thanks and appreciation to the Students and Alumni Affairs for its good cooperation and she commended the enthusiasm and participation of both students and graduates.