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　　In a tight job market, building and maintaining an online presence is critical to networking and job hunting. Done wrong, it can easily take you out of the running for most positions。

　　在就业紧缩的大势之下，在网上发布个人信息并进行定期更新是拓展人脉、寻找心仪工作的重要方法。如果利用不得当，没准你就会同多数工作机会失之交臂。

　　Here are five mistakes online job hunters make. 以下是网上求职者常犯的五个错误。

　　1. Overkill. 随意散布个人简介。

　　Blanketing social media networks with half-done profiles accomplishes nothing except to annoy the exact people you want to impress: prospective employees trying to find out more about on you。

　　在各种社交网络上广为散布不完整的个人简介只会让你的目标受众备感困扰：你的潜在雇主还得费劲巴拉地去了解更多有关你的信息。

　　One online profile done well is far more effective than several unpolished and incomplete ones. There is just not enough time. Pick two or three, then cultivate a presence there。

　　比起到处乱投未经润色、不够完整的网上简历，只在一家网站投递一份完备的网上简历要有效得多。你的时间是很有限的。选两三家网站，好好地经营自己吧。

　　Many people make the mistake of joining LinkedIn and other social media sites and then just letting their profiles sit publicly unfinished. Just signing up for an account simply isn't enough. At a bare minimum, make sure you're connected to at least 35 people and make sure your profile is 100 percent complete. Members with complete profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn。

　　很多人犯的一个错就是，加入LinkedIn及其他社交网站后，自己的介绍没有弄完整就向所有人公开了。仅仅去注册一个账户是远远不够的。至少得确保自己同35个人建起了关联，确保自己的个人介绍是百分之百完整的。对于LinkedIn会员来说，填写完整的个人介绍能让你得到工作机会的可能性提高40倍。”

　　2. Forgetting manners. 忽视网络礼仪。

　　If you write a blog, you should assume that hiring managers and recruiters will read your updates and your posts. A December 2009 study by Microsoft Corp. found that 79% of hiring managers and job recruiters review online information about job applicants before making a hiring decision. Of those, 70% said that they have rejected candidates based on information that they found online. Top reasons listed? Concerns about lifestyle, inappropriate comments, and unsuitable photos and videos。

　　如果你开了博客，那么请做好这样的心理准备：人事经理以及招聘人员很可能会浏览你的更新和帖子。微软公司2009年12月开展的一项调查发现，79%的人事经理及招聘负责人在做出录用决定之前会通过网络浏览应聘者的相关信息。其中70%的人表示他们曾经因为网上的相关信息最终将应聘者拒之门外。最主要的原因有：应聘者对于生活方式的见解、不恰当的评论、不合宜的照片及视频。