This slide presentation presents a strong case for social media being an important success factor in academic success and career advancement in the STEM field.

1. Math, Engineering and Science
Social Media
Getting Connected
Getting it Right!

2. Why Social Media
Matters

3. Scientists and Engineers Communicate
On Social Media
1.15 Billion users
~ 1000
Science Groups
225 Million users
13982 science groups
~10 Million engineers
~14 Million in science
200 University pages
200 million users
1 in 40 scientists
use twitter

4. ~ 2.5 Million members
Social Networking for Scientists and Engineers

5. Social Media is the New Resume
Survey of 1600 recruiting and human resources
professionals in June 2013.
Source: Jobvite.com

6. How to use social media
for academic success, and
landing your dream job

7. Academic Success
 Research
 Collaboration
 Project completion

8. Research

9. • Have a science question?
 Find someone who can answer it
 Search Mendeley
 Twitter
 Google Plus
It may have already been answered
 Search Quora

10. Search Mendeley

11. Search Twitter

12. Search Google Plus

13. Find answers
Search on Quora
Ask if it hasn’t been
answered

14. Project Completion

15. Google Drive and Docs
Docs
Files
Activity

16. Collaboration

17. Share Your Google Docs
Set who can see the doc
Set what they can do

18. Who Can See Your Docs

19. What They Can Do

20. Google Plus Video Calling:
Hangouts
Start a
Video chat

21. Collaborate via Video
Chat
Google Drive

22. Landing Your Dream Job
 Optimize your profiles
 Connect with key people
 Search for jobs

23. Social Recruiting

24. What you post
on your profiles matter
Source: Jobvite.com

25. Optimize Your
Social Profiles

26. Facebook privacy settings
Your command center

27. Find out what others can see on your Timeline
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28. • Choose between Public or a particular person
• Delete status updates and photos you don’t
want the public to see

29. Take control of your privacy
Manage tagging permissions
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30. Other privacy settings
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Who can see my stuff
Who can contact me
Who can look me up
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31. Clean up your Twitter profile
Search for yourself while logged out
www.twitter.com/yourtwitterhandle
Optimize
Your Bio
Review
Photos

32. Clean up your Twitter profile
Log in to your profile
Delete inappropriate photos and status updates
Delete

33. Optimize your Linkedin Profile
If you do not have one, it’s time to create one!
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34. Optimize your Linkedin Profile
Upload a Short
Video, Slide Deck
Upload Images
Posters

35. Connect with
Key People

36. Search for Groups

37. Use Advanced Search to
Optimize the Search

38. Search for Jobs

39. Let’s say you want to
work at Life Technologies

40. Check to see their job
Openings
Job
openings

41. Find People You Think May
Recommend You

42. Math, Engineering and Science
Social media has got everything
to do with it?