| Facebook, Twitter, and texting are fun and popular, | | | | ("Peggy" instead of "Ms. McKee"), choppy language, |
| and social media sites in general can absolutely be | | | | grammar or spelling errors, or even things like "u" |
| valuable tools in your job search. LinkedIn is the most | | | | instead of "you," I don't know if they are deliberately |
| professional and most productive on the whole, but | | | | trying to be less formal, or if they really don't know |
| Facebook and Twitter each have a place in your | | | | the proper way to say or spell whatever it is. What's |
| strategy. They can both be a source for job leads, | | | | worse, I don't know if they know where the line is |
| and they can be a way for you to contact hiring | | | | for when it's appropriate to be formal and when it's |
| managers and recruiters. | | | | OK to lighten up. The candidate appears to be less |
| However, the informal, abbreviated language and | | | | professional and becomes a risk for me to |
| spelling that people commonly use with these means | | | | recommend, and for an employer to hire. |
| of communication are absolutely not appropriate | | | | You always want to step it up a notch or two in |
| when you contact a medical sales recruiter or a | | | | your job search. In the same way that you make an |
| health care hiring manager. Some candidates try to | | | | effort to "dress up" for the interview, you want to |
| be more informal to establish a connection and show | | | | put your best foot forward in your initial and |
| their personality, but it can backfire on them. | | | | continuing communication with employers and |
| As a recruiter, when I get communications from | | | | recruiters as a candidate. |
| candidates that include too-familiar forms of address | | | | |