best-practices

Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you post online can be taken out of context if you are not careful in the way your message is delivered.

If you are in a position where you can reach people, then use your platform to stand up for a cause. HINT: social media is a platform.

Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.

Tweet others the way you want to want to be tweeted.

Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.

If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.

Your LinkedIn profile must be consistent with how you portray yourself elsewhere. Not only should your official résumé match the experience you list on LinkedIn, but it also should be consistent with Twitter and public Facebook information.

Your LinkedIn profile must include keywords for specific skills that match your desired job.

Your LinkedIn profile should leave no room for doubt about the kind of job you__e looking for and why you__e the best person for that position.

Make sure your LinkedIn profile has a targeted headline. Not only should the headline clearly state your career focus, it__ also the most important place to add a keyword or two, because this influences how you appear in search results

best practices are useful reference points, but they must come with a warning label : The more you rely on external intelligence, the less you will value an internal idea. And this is the age of the idea

A huge number of jobs that are filled are never advertised to the public, or if they are, they__e filled by people who have a connection to the employer.

What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution.