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Social Media Center

Our Own Social Media Profiles

You can find the Career Development Center 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!

Twitter Feed: Intersting articles on the current job market, trends in social media related to careers, event reminders and short nuggets of advice.

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.

Facebook Resources:

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 Resources:

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.

Twitter Resources:

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)

General Social Media Resources:

Personal Branding eBook (PDF via PriceWaterhouseCoopers) gives a great breakdown of how to brand yourself, providing easy-to-follow steps and posing useful questions.