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