1. Keep your language professional

Stay away from ranting, cursing and inappropriate language. It is acceptable to show your personality, but if you wouldn’t say it to your grandma, it shouldn’t be online.

2. Control your selfie

Posting too many selfies can appear that you only care about yourself. Limit your selfies and make sure they don’t make up the majority of what you post.

3. Interaction matters too

Even if your posts aren’t inappropriate, your interactions also need to remain appropriate. 

Liking, retweeting or other social media interaction connects you with inappropriate posts and can be seen as unprofessional.

4. Keep it legal

Keep drugs, alcohol and other illegal activities off of social media. Even if you are 21, some employers find party photos to be unprofessional.

5. Don’t joke about serious issues

Making racist, sexist or other prejudice jokes demonstrates insensitivity.