#EntryLevelTweet 64: Be careful who you add as a Facebook friend.

Christine M Ruff

Remember they can access your information and post on your Wall.

Pay attention when you add an employer, coworker, colleague, friend, or associate on Facebook. You should also be careful of what friend requests you respond to. Anyone in your network can access your personal information and post anything on your wall that they want. In addition, you should make sure that your privacy settings are correct. Any personal information should be kept in your circle of friends and any work information can be marked public.

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#EntryLevelTweet 63: Connect with former employers and coworkers on LinkedIn and ask them for recommendations where applicable.

Christine M Ruff

When you have put together the perfect LinkedIn profile – or at least your best version - then you can start making connections. An easy way to begin is to ask employers, coworkers, colleagues, and friends. This includes former and current associates. Once you are connected, you will want to ask for recommendations. Your references can [...]

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#EntryLevelTweet 62: Your specialties are seach engine optomized (SEO) keywords.

Christine M Ruff

Use variations, synonyms, and style. When you are listing your specialties on your LinkedIn profile, you should remember that they search engine optimized (SEO) keywords.  This means they are the words that search engines will look for first. If someone is searching for a particular job candidate, then he or she will enter keywords into google, yahoo, [...]

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#EntryLevelTweet 61: Your headline is the most important section of your profile.

Christine M Ruff

Make good use of all 120 characters. You should start by writing your LinkedIn headline in Microsoft Word (or another word processing program). You should use this headline to say who you are. This can be your actual title, your degree, your certification, or who you want to become. You can list that you are [...]

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#EntryLevelTweet 60: When you link Twitter to LinkedIn, do not allow all tweets to post to your profile.

Christine M Ruff

It is overkill. LinkedIn and Twitter had a problem with this, so they have recently changed the applications. You cannot allow all of your tweets to post to your LinkedIn profile. You are still able to connect your LinkedIn and Twitter profiles/accounts. You just go to your LinkedIn settings, click on “manage your twitter settings,” and [...]

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