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The World of Online Networking

The ABCs of online netwoking

If you regularly clients and colleagues online, make sure you’re portraying yourself in a positive light by heeding these five suggestions from Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, assitant professor at Harvard Business School:

Keep your profile updated. Whether you’re interviewing for a job or scheduling with a new client, it’s important to update your publicly accessible online profiles. Business associates may form the wrong impression if your work experience isn't current or you haven't uploaded a new picture of yourself since college.

people at all levels. Some people make the mistake of padding their online contact list with names guaranteed to impress, but don't neglect the people you actually work with day-to-day. Your online presence should reflect your ability to connect with the people you encounter in real life as well.

Watch the number of connections. If you have too many online contacts, people may wonder whether you have time to get any work done. On the opposite end of the spectrum, having too few may send the message that you’re antisocial or difficult to get along with.

Stay in contact with old colleagues. It’s easy to them when you move on to a new firm, but make the effort to reach out to past associates online. If your contact list doesn’t include any links with people from your last job, those browsing your profile may assume you left on bad terms or failed to forge connections.

Get (and give) endorsements. You may think that requesting online endorsements is boastful or just plain cheesy, but it’s in your best interest to have a few. Many recruiters now provide hiring managers with a potential employee’s recommendations from LinkedIn and other professional networking sites, according to Piskorski. Hint: It’s always a good idea to reciprocate after getting a nice endorsement.

Vocabulary Focus

portray (v) ---to represent or describe someone, often as having particular qualities

pad (v) ---to add unnecessary or false details to something

forge (v) ---to make or produce, especially with some difficulty

reciprocate (v) ---to do something for someone because they have done something similar for you

Specialized terms

cheesy (adj) ---品质粗陋的；俗气的of very poor quality, or in very poor taste