Many of you are probably getting ready to start the job hunt, and you have spent eons thinking about how you will handle yourself when you go on interviews. If you are really proactive you will have already done some mock interviews. If so, good job. It’s tough to prepare for an on-site or phone interview any other way. I was incredibly lucky to have a wonderful friend during grad school who had been a performer that was able to always keep a straight face and really make me feel like I was in the hot seat (thank you, Jose).
However, I wonder how many of you have thought about what you will do once you have a job. I can tell you now that it is not like any of your student jobs. Because there is a sheltering quality to student jobs, and the major reason for this is that you are held accountable on a different level. I know that as a student worker you have responsibilities, but when it is actually your job it feels different. Because there is no one else to take the heat for your mistakes. There are also fewer times that you will be told exactly what they need you to do. You will have to navigate those shark infested waters yourself. It is only after starting my first professional position that I realize how important it is to be a so-called “self-starter.” I saw it many times during my job hunt in descriptions, but I rolled my eyes at the cliche. Listen better than I did.
We will start with the big one: 
This is largely because you decide how much you want to share, and Twitter doesn’t encourage or discourage how much you share. Facebook pushes users to share as much as possible to improve their experience. However, while it does make using Facebook more fun–it is highly invasive and users worry about their privacy. Back to Twitter though. It’s difficult to overshare too much on twitter because of the limit of 120 characters. I think this is a healthy limitation and many would benefit from it on their other social networks. Plus twitter is a great way to share information and links without being to intrusive as well as to follow what companies are doing. I get a large portion of my news off of my twitter feed by being selective of the people I follow.
This is a nice options for professionals who aren’t interested in creating social networking profiles that may require a lot of information, but they still realize the utility of having an online presence.
I finished cleaning it after several hours, 3 bags of trash, and 1 bag of goodwill clothes. I swear the music from Psycho played in my head when I opened the door. It was the place I was dreading the most to clean, so I did it first. And I have learned my lesson on saving old articles from classes. I will most likely not ever read those again, and if I do…I will read it on the computer or end up printing off a fresh copy (not very green of me, I know).
You have to remember that you will be working with these people for at least a year or so. Be careful not to take a job just because of the pay or because you are afraid. There are jobs that I am grateful I wasn’t offered from my search because I would have had to turn them down.
