Social networking for bankers
Hail monkeys,
I recently got a FaceBook invite from a VP whom I hold in very high regard. His page is very professional; suits in most photo, pictures with finance superstars, inspiring quotes, you name it.
So as a new arrival on this scene I'm looking to establish a professional profile of my own. What is your advice on online social networking proflies for career networking?
What type of photos to post up? What type of quotes, slogans etc? How would you go about creating a page that highlights professionalism and ambition but doesn't come off as too pretentious or ostentatious?







These are the types of things
These are the types of things you don't seek advice on.
Copy the VPs approach.
Copy the VPs approach.
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Revolution wrote: These are
These are the types of things you don't seek advice on.
I see your point dude but like I said, this is a very well-connected guy. And, since I've never bothered with the mytwitfacer phenomenon, I'm simply trying to avoid rookie errors here. I know how to network like a bitch [in real life] but I'm guessing the online version has its own nuances.
Copy the VPs approach.
Most def man. But I'm also trying to avoid copy n paste. Tbh, it kinda feels like a trap cos I've been trying to get a gig at this guy's dept. And they're HR's got a rep for screening people in the wierdest ways
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Copy the VPs approach.
Most def man. But I'm also trying to avoid copy n paste. Tbh, it kinda feels like a trap cos I've been trying to get a gig at this guy's dept. And they're HR's got a rep for screening people in the wierdest ways
Good, so use the system against itself: find articles on stuff your VP likes and post them on facebook (provided they are appropriate). Post pics of you working at charities, kissing babies blah blah blah. Make them fucking love you.
Beat them at their own game on your turf.
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Just be yourself. Use the
Just be yourself. Use the sunflower seed approach. Take you what like/find useful from his profile and mold it to shape how you want a quick snapshot of your professional life to look.
This is simple, keep your
This is simple, keep your public profile as limited as possible, and even limit what is viewable by your friends. Don't have a wall that others can post on. My facebook is more or less the same as my LinkedIn but with a few more casual (but still appropriate) pictures of travel, etc. My friends only profile isn't much different. No one can see the pictures I get tagged in, as I can't control that. I almost never post any content as I don't want anything to be misconstrued. It leads to a boring profile, but it's better than worrying about what others might find out about you.
my profile has nothing
my profile has nothing
Copy and paste your LinkedIn
Copy and paste your LinkedIn information.
Have pictures that go along with your resume's various sections i.e. if you say you do karate then have a pic of you teaching or demonstrating a move (but not beating the shit out of someone).
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- I believe in the "Golden Rule": the man with the gold rules.
I would not accept the friend
I would not accept the friend request.
Keep Facebook for personal friendships and LinkedIn for professional relationships. I've seen the facebook profiles of many VPs/Ds and in some cases MDs. Usually it is just pictures of them with their families. The profile that you described of the VP is rare and to me indicates that he believes Facebook is a professional networking tool. It isn't. There are plenty of VPs in this world whose lives revolve around work. Sounds like this is one of them -- don't try to emulate him.
CompBanker
CompBanker wrote: I would not
I would not accept the friend request.
Keep Facebook for personal friendships and LinkedIn for professional relationships. I've seen the facebook profiles of many VPs/Ds and in some cases MDs. Usually it is just pictures of them with their families. The profile that you described of the VP is rare and to me indicates that he believes Facebook is a professional networking tool. It isn't. There are plenty of VPs in this world whose lives revolve around work. Sounds like this is one of them -- don't try to emulate him.
This. If you were in college while Facebook was hitting stride, then you likely have material on there that may reflect poorly on your judgement in the eyes of a VP-and-above type. Older people were very late to the Facebook bandwagon and have very sterile profiles, posts, tags, etc. The older generations forgot how sketchy college can be.
Chances are that your boss won't be looking at stuff you posted back in 2006 through your timeline, but I would not recommend taking the chance.
On the other hand, you might offend your VP by not accepting his/her friend request, so there's that.
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UFO wrote: Good, so use the
Good, so use the system against itself: find articles on stuff your VP likes and post them on facebook (provided they are appropriate). Post pics of you working at charities, kissing babies blah blah blah. Make them fucking love you.
Beat them at their own game on your turf.
HA! Wish I could man but the guy has certain interests that are truly well beyond me e.g. PLANKING. That's right planking! Got a pic of himself planking on his Gallardo!
It leads to a boring profile, but it's better than worrying about what others might find out about you
I love your approach to it. Loss of privacy was one of the reasons why I never joined the twitface bandwagon in the first place.
There are plenty of VPs in this world whose lives revolve around work. Sounds like this is one of them -- don't try to emulate him.
Yeah sadly that was me a few years ago too.
On the other hand, you might offend your VP by not accepting his/her friend request, so there's that.
Defnitely. And like I said, this guy's too well-connected to pass it up.
So I decided to open a linkedin profile and invited him there (he's got an account there). I've closed the FB account I recently opened. Thanks all...this has been good. I still have major issues about privacy and social networking but Linkedin sounds like a more mature and less invasive environment.
Ciao
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