Health and Human Services Professional Development

Employer-Proofing Your Social Media Profiles by   Jill Bowers   on   November 23, 2013   The number of online articles about personal social media accounts and the research your potential employers are likely doing continues to grow. It seems inevitable that a potential employer is going to attempt to gather information about what you are NOT telling them, so what kind of impression are you making with your online profiles or tweets? True or false? You are generally safe with venting via Twitter because less than half of your followers actually read your tweets, and the chances that your hashtags will go viral are slim.   FALSE  – at least the first part. If you doubt this, ask the high school senior who attended a campus information day in Brunswick, Maine and proceeded to post negative or derogatory comments about others while she was there (see  They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They saw Your Tweets. – NY Times ). Remember that employers can...

Good Networking/Bad Networking by   Mikki Sherwood   on   September 15, 2014   **********************GUEST AUTHOR KACEY MCCORMACK Networking is essential for career success. Bad networking can harm career success, but good networking can help you get a desired job and to move up in that job. Good networking is a positive experience for both parties. Some tips for good networking include: Preparing in advance for interviews scheduling a time to network rather than just dropping in and trying to network asking questions that show interest in the person with whom you are meeting writing thank you notes after meeting with someone staying in touch after networking Networking is a two way street and should be done by both parties. Give back to the people you network with by helping them in some way in order to show that you are not only taking from them, but willing to help as well. Resource Navarro, A. (2011). Good networking/Bad networking.  Ph...