Social Media & Networking Tips 

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Social Media

Social Media Do's Social Media Don'ts
Add a professional photo Swear, use all caps, or spam
Check your privacy settings Complain about job search or employers
Use to find and apply to jobs Post with spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors
Brand yourself to increase visibility Overshare
Google yourself and see what shows up Have an embarrassing or inappropriate handle or name
Create and maintain a LinkedIn account  

Social Media

  • Social Media Do's: Add a professional photo
    Social Media Don'ts: Swear, use all caps, or spam

  • Social Media Do's: Check your privacy settings
    Social Media Don'ts: Complain about job search or employers

  • Social Media Do's: Use to find and apply to jobs
    Social Media Don'ts: Post with spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors

  • Social Media Do's: Brand yourself to increase visibility
    Social Media Don'ts: Overshare

  • Social Media Do's: Google yourself and see what shows up
    Social Media Don'ts: Have an embarrassing or inappropriate handle or name

  • Social Media Do's: Create and maintain a LinkedIn account
    Social Media Don'ts:  

Networking Tips

  • At networking events, always try to arrive 15 minutes early.
  • Prepare and practice your elevator pitch.
  • Classmates, family, co-workers, employers, and anyone else could be part of your professional network!
  • Small talk can include weather, food, or something pertaining to everyone. If you've met them before, you can follow up on the prior conversation.
  • To ensure you remember a possible contact, write about the conversation you shared, along with the date, and place where you met on the back of their business card.
  • Remember to contact your new networking contacts to reconnect and build the relationship.
  • Dress appropriately. Check out the career closet in the Office of Career and Graduate School Connections if you need professional clothes!
  • Shake hands firmly. Smile. Make eye contact.

professionals

Not sure where to start? Check out the suggested professional organizations below!

  • College of Arts and Humanities
    English
    College English Association (CEA)
    Modern Language Association of America (MLA) 

     

    History
    American Historical Association (AHA)
    World History Association (WHA)

     

    Music Education
    International Society for Music Education (ISME)
    National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

     

    Music Performance
    American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
    College Music Society (CMS)
  • College of Education
    Early Childhood Education
    Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
    Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

     

    Media
    Society of Professional Journalists
    International Communication Association

     

    Professional Counseling
    American Counseling Association (ACA)
    National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

     

    Reading Instruction
    International Literacy Association

     

    Special Education
    Council for Exceptional Children

     

    Special Education and Teaching
    National Association of Special Education Teachers
    Association on Higher Education and Disability

     

    Speech Language Pathology
    American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)

     

    Sport Management
    North American Society for Sport Management
    Society of Health and Physical Educators

     

    Teacher Education
    National Education Association
    The Georgia Association of Teacher Educators 
     
  • College of Social Science
    Criminology
    American Society of Criminology (ASC)
    American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)

     

    Psychology
    American Psychological Association (APA)
    Association of Black Psychologists

     

    Public Administration
    American Society for Public Administration
    American Political Science Association

     

    Sociology
    American Sociological Association
    Social Science History Association
  • College of Science and Math
    Applied Computer Science
    Upsilon Pi Epsilon
    International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)

     

    Biology
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    American Institute of Biological Sciences

     

    Mathematics
    Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
    Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
  • School of Nursing
    Nursing
    American Nurses Association (ANA)
    International Council of Nurses
  • Richards College of Business
    Business Administration
    DECA
    American Finance Association (AFA)
    National Association of Black Accountants

     

    Professional Accounting
    National Society of Accounting (NSA)
    Young CPA Network