a quick and dirty spin through some social networking tools you want to be part of as you leave college and start looking for work. Along with simple rules to follow as you conduct yourself in web 2.0 technologies.

1. Web 2.0 Tools
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2. LinkedIn
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3. Plaxo
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4. Xing
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5. Facebook
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6. Google Profile
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7. Create a Plan
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8. Create a Plan
• You have to start with a plan
• Be selective and choose tools you will use regularly
• Create rules for how and when you’ll make updates
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9. Create a Plan
• You have to start with a plan
• Be selective and choose tools you will use regularly
• Create rules for how and when you’ll make updates
• Set goals for building your network
• Choose businesses, organizations, and individuals with whom you
want to build a relationship
• Invite them to connect with you
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10. Create a Plan
• You have to start with a plan
• Be selective and choose tools you will use regularly
• Create rules for how and when you’ll make updates
• Set goals for building your network
• Choose businesses, organizations, and individuals with whom you
want to build a relationship
• Invite them to connect with you
• Choose leaders and mentors and ask them for help
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11. Create a Plan
• You have to start with a plan
• Be selective and choose tools you will use regularly
• Create rules for how and when you’ll make updates
• Set goals for building your network
• Choose businesses, organizations, and individuals with whom you
want to build a relationship
• Invite them to connect with you
• Choose leaders and mentors and ask them for help
• Ask questions, open dialogues
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12. Code of Conduct
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13. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
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14. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
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15. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
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16. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
• Be helpful, answer questions, take time to be a good internet citizen
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17. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
• Be helpful, answer questions, take time to be a good internet citizen
• Be respectful of your connections time and privacy - do not forward
every thought or make introductions that are not validated
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18. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
• Be helpful, answer questions, take time to be a good internet citizen
• Be respectful of your connections time and privacy - do not forward
every thought or make introductions that are not validated
• Check your facts - do not publish fallacies
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19. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
• Be helpful, answer questions, take time to be a good internet citizen
• Be respectful of your connections time and privacy - do not forward
every thought or make introductions that are not validated
• Check your facts - do not publish fallacies
• Use proper English
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20. Code of Conduct
• Be honest - do not inflate your skills or work history
• Be transparent - post all your relevant jobs and experience
• Be consistent - do not be one personality in one network and another
in a different network
• Be helpful, answer questions, take time to be a good internet citizen
• Be respectful of your connections time and privacy - do not forward
every thought or make introductions that are not validated
• Check your facts - do not publish fallacies
• Use proper English
• Use Spell Check
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21. Maintain and Measure
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22. Maintain and Measure
• As with anything you choose to do; do it well.
• do keep your profiles up to date
• lagging for years and only updating them when looking for new
professional opportunities makes people feel used
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23. Maintain and Measure
• As with anything you choose to do; do it well.
• do keep your profiles up to date
• lagging for years and only updating them when looking for new
professional opportunities makes people feel used
• Discontinue your memberships in networks you are not enjoying or
getting anything from
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24. Maintain and Measure
• As with anything you choose to do; do it well.
• do keep your profiles up to date
• lagging for years and only updating them when looking for new
professional opportunities makes people feel used
• Discontinue your memberships in networks you are not enjoying or
getting anything from
• Break connections with individuals who are misusing the tools and
who are not demonstrating good citizenship
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25. Maintain and Measure
• As with anything you choose to do; do it well.
• do keep your profiles up to date
• lagging for years and only updating them when looking for new
professional opportunities makes people feel used
• Discontinue your memberships in networks you are not enjoying or
getting anything from
• Break connections with individuals who are misusing the tools and
who are not demonstrating good citizenship
• Google yourself - make sure the professional and personal images of
you are correct and represent you well
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26. References
• www.linkedin.com
• www.plaxo.com
• www.facebook.com
• www.xing.com
• www.igoogle.com
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