Social Media and Your Job Search

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TWITTER AND YOUR JOB SEARCH

Have a professional looking profile pic

Don’t tweet negative or inappropriate things

Link your Twitter to your LinkedIn profile

You don’t have to be all-business, tweet about your hobbies to show off your personality

BE YOURSELF, EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN

Search for Jobs and Internships using hashtags Ex. #internship, #job, #dallasjob

Use hashtags to learn more

about your industry

Follow experts

Search for: #consulting #advertising #medicine

#PR #engineering

Research and Follow Companies for updates

and openings

FACEBOOK DO’S AND DON’T’S

Have an appropriate looking profile pic (doesn’t have to be in a suit – but keep it clean)

Keep it clean – you never know who is friends with

your friends

CHECK YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS!! Whenever FB implements huge changes, your privacy

settings can change

Let people know that you are looking for a job. Friends are more willing to help you than anyone else!

Get recommendations from professors, supervisors, etc.

Research and Follow Companies for updates

and openings

Become familiar

with your network

and continue to

connect

Join groups and learn

more about your industry!

What’s Your

Brand?

Show Your Work

Experience

Highlight Your

Education

Research and Follow Companies

Are You on MustangTRAK?

www.smu.edu/career to register

Other Boards:

UCAN LinkedIn.com

Internmatch.com Glassdoor.com

Indeed.com SimplyHired.com