Using Social Media for Career and College Readiness.

SOCIAL media; SCHOOL librarians; SOCIAL media in education; TWITTER (Web resource); WORK environment; STUDENTS; COMPUTER network resources

The article presents activities that can be used by librarians and educators to foster the understanding of students of professional use of social media. It suggests to bring in community business leaders to discuss students on the use of social media as a business tool. It advises to use Twitter as a way to distinguish issues and trends in the business world and workplace. It recommends to review the guidelines set up by online sites used for career building and networking.