Washington and Lee University
You can find our Career Services office on many different social media platforms. Below is a comprehensive list, along with what content you should expect.
Facebook Fan Page: We publicize events, as well as have featured posts highlighting jobs and internships and much more. Our Facebook page is a great place to find out what's going on!
General Twitter Feed: Intersting articles on the current job market, trends in social media related to careers, event reminders and short nuggets of advice.
Job & Internship Twitter Feed: This feed is exclusively dedicated to posting new jobs and internships that our office has discovered, culled from all points on the net. Take special note of who we follow, and follow them too!
Delicious: This is a repository of career-related articles, easy to sort by interest and keyword. We update this frequently with timely and relevant material.
Foursquare: Those involved in this new location-based social media can "check-in" at Career Services. We will be developing incentives in the near future - so why not become the "mayor" early on and be ahead of the game?
How to make the most of Facebook (via Mashable.com)
How Facebook can help or hurt you (via Student Branding Blog)
How Facebook can Help or Hurt Your Career (via AmberMac.com) - Be sure to read the viewer comments!
LinkedIn's Guide for Students and New Graduates - Very engaging and informative guide to what LinkedIn has to offer a student or recent graduate.
9 Ways to Get Linked Out of LinkedIn (via LinkedIntelligence) - 9 practices you should avoid while using LinkedIn.
LinkedIn Keyword Research: A Great New Tool (via CareerEnlightenment.net) - A very interesting video that shows how you can use keyword research to tailor your resume or LinkedIn profile to a specific position (or general type of job) by using Wordle.
TwitJobSearch - A job search engine that exclusively searches jobs being posted on Twitter.
400 Twitter Feeds with Job Openings, Job Postings and Job Leads from all over the world (via JobMob)
Personal Branding eBook (PDF via PriceWaterhouseCoopers) gives a great breakdown of how to brand yourself, providing easy-to-follow steps and posing useful questions.