Once you share information on a social networking site, you give up ownership of that material. This means that information you put online can be used to help or to harm you professionally. Taking a proactive approach to managing your online profiles can help minimize the risk and maximize the benefit you can gain from having them. If you build them all with a unified idea of who you are professionally and how you want others to perceive you, you can boost your visibility for potential employers.

For more information on how to leverage your social networks in your job search, review our Online Social Networking webpage.