This document provides tips for preparing your Facebook profile for professional use when starting your career. It recommends using a professional email address, choosing a work-appropriate profile photo, removing tags from inappropriate photos, and joining relevant professional groups. It also notes that many hiring managers check LinkedIn profiles, so creating a complete LinkedIn profile is important.

1. Quick Social Network Tips
- starting your career
Connie Crosby
American Psychological Association
APA Science Student Council
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Toronto, ON, Canada

2. Prepping Facebook
for your
professional life

3. cutesuziexoxo@ymail.com
shortsexy@hotmail.com
ballsychick32@aol.com
andrew_lover_guy@live.com

4. cutesuziexoxo@ymail.com
shortsexy@hotmail.com
ballsychick32@aol.com
andrew_lover_guy@live.com

5. Use a professional
email address

6. Acceptable alternatives
•chelseasmith@gmail.com
• virgil.evans@earthlink.net
• karim@karimhabib.com

9. Use a work-
appropriate profile
photo

11. Remove tags on
inappropriate photos

13. Join relevant
professional pages on
Facebook pages

16. 3/4 of hiring managers check LinkedIn
to research credentials of candidates.
1/2 use Facebook and
less than 1/3 use Twitter.
- Jump Start Social Media poll
http://www.jumpstartsocialmedia.com/pressrelease02.htm

17. LinkedIn

21. In summary
• professional email address

22. In summary
• professional email address
• work-appropriate profile photo

23. In summary
• professional email address
• work-appropriate profile photo
• remove tags from inappropriate photos

24. In summary
• professional email address
• work-appropriate profile photo
• remove tags from inappropriate photos
• join professional groups

25. In summary
• professional email address
• work-appropriate profile photo
• remove tags from inappropriate photos
• join professional groups
• create a LinkedIn profile

26. Questions?

27. Thank you!
Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
http://crosbygroup.ca
conniecrosby@gmail.com
416-919-6719

28. Photo credits (used under
Creative Commons)
• “Party girls embrace” by Dominic’s Pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/820431196/
• “Birthyday Party 33” by gabemac
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabenl/2978798066/
• “Third Annual Pool Party” by Joe Shlabotnik
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2204410433/
• “Day 180 - 25.02.2009 - get ya party on” by ardenswayoflife
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ardenswayoflife/3309065777/
• “Miss Office” by Inno’vision
http://www.flickr.com/photos/innovision/3563852232/in/photostream/
• “Pratibha” by prpoint
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prpoint/2929753776/in/photostream/
• “Small Business Marketing Unleashed April 08” by Wendy Piersall (@eMom)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendypiersall/2435027173/