Social Media & Networking Tips 

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.

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