{"id":1326,"date":"2014-04-21T07:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2014-04-21T07:14:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T11:14:11","slug":"make-yourself-shine-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/make-yourself-shine-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Yourself Shine Online!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/computers-shaking-hands.jpg\" alt=\"Computers shaking hands\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So you found your dream job.\u00a0 You spent hours editing your resume and cover letter to perfection, and you scored an interview.\u00a0 You don your finest dress outfit, arrive early, and ace the interview with your professionalism, knowledge, and inquisitive questions.\u00a0 You know you are the perfect candidate for the position, and the employer knows it too.<\/p>\n<p>The hiring manager is ready to give you the position, but first she searches your Facebook profile.\u00a0 On it is an array of statuses and pictures about your affinity for funneling beers, flippin\u2019 the bird, and complaining about work.\u00a0 One quick glance from the hiring manager and your application, along with your hopes for future employment, are tossed in the trash.<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T BE THAT CANDIDATE!<\/p>\n<p>Technology is a useful tool to help you network, apply for jobs, and make yourself stand out from the crowd in a positive light, but it is important to be cautious about how your online presence appears.\u00a0 Here are some helpful tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google yourself.\u00a0 This will give you a sense of what employers will see and what you need to change about your online presence.<\/li>\n<li>Delete your Facebook and Twitter! Or at least set your privacy settings as strict as possible.\u00a0 The last thing you want is an employer snooping on pictures of your late-night shenanigans.<\/li>\n<li>Create a LinkedIn profile.\u00a0 By creating a professional presence online you can highlight your skills, network with future employers, and see what other UVM alumni are doing with their degree.\u00a0 To get started:\n<ul>\n<li>Come to a LinkedIn workshop at the Hub in the Davis Center.\u00a0 These occur every Thursday at 4:15 pm.<\/li>\n<li>Create a comprehensive resume so you can easily transfer your skills and experiences to the online world.<\/li>\n<li>Start connecting! Classmates, work colleagues, and friends are the perfect people to start your network with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You now have all the tools to create a positive online presence and find that dream job.\u00a0 Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><em>~Caleb, Career Peer Mentor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you found your dream job.\u00a0 You spent hours editing your resume and cover letter to perfection, and you scored an interview.\u00a0 You don your finest dress outfit, arrive early, and ace the interview with your professionalism, knowledge, and inquisitive questions.\u00a0 You know you are the perfect candidate for the position, and the employer knows &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/make-yourself-shine-online\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Make Yourself Shine Online!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}