1) Asses what “skills” you gained at your internships/job (not tasks completed).
9) Check email at least four (4) times per day.
- This is your value to future employers. Adapt these skills to their needs.
- Skills learned applied to tasks given = value to future employer
- Register your name’s domain at: Register.com, GoDaddy.com, etc.
- Weebly.com, Wix.com, etc. are easy to use and have great templates.
- Hire a designer to help create the look.
- Or possibly hire another student so he can build his portfolio.
- Use a Business/Professional profile picture only.
- Be sure to include your contact information.
- Do not accept invitations to connect from friends unless they are in the same field -- this is not Facebook.
- Create a second Twitter for business. If you use your personal account be sure old tweets are “clean” as well.
- Close Facebook until you get a job, or at least clean it and stop posting.
9) Check email at least four (4) times per day.
- Businesses use email, and if you are not responsive, employers will believe that behavior is indicative of your work ethic.