Professional Image

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Professional Image
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Introduction

• People form opinions and make decisions within
  the first 7 - 10 seconds of meeting/interacting
  with you.
• They decide whether to trust you and if they want
  to continue that relationship and do business
  with you.
• Today we will discuss professional image and how
  you can make those first 10 seconds count and
  make a lasting and positive impression

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Appearance

• Dress.
• Hair
• Beard
• Makeup
• Casual Friday

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Dress

• People make decisions on your competence to do a
  job based on how you look.
• Dress for the job you want not the one you have
• Disheveled, took cloths out of laundry hamper,
  bed head will not leave a lasting positive
  impression on your clients and coworkers. It
  gives the impression that your work will be as
  sloppy as you look.
• Casual Friday
• Dress for position you want not what you have
• Day make vs evening
• Day look vs party
• Accessorizing less is more

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Dress
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Hair

• Neat and well groomed
• Gloria Mayfield Banks NSD with Mary Kay Cosmetics
  said if you have not received a compliment on
  your hair and appearance recently it is time to
  change it. Either get a new do, cut it, grow it,
  color it, or buy some of it.

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Makeup
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Communication

• Verbal vs non verbal
• Smile
• Hand shake and eye contact
• Tone of voice
• Cell phone etiquette
• Written
• Email and written proposals/presentations
• Spell check and grammar

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Attitude

• Positive vs Negative
• Who will get promotion
• Punctuality

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Summary

• The image you project says a lot about you. Make
  that first impression a positive one that your
  clients/boss/coworkers will want to build a
  relationship with.
• We only get one chance to make a first
  impression, lets make it a good one!!!!

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