A recent article on msnbc.com, written by Eve Tahmincioglu, discusses the top six networking no-nos when hunting for a job.  The neat thing this excerpt has at the end is a survey asking the readers to vote on what their top no-no (of the six introduced) would be.  Out of 4,484 votes, being unprofessional was voted the top no-no with 38% of the votes (1,690).

So what classifies as being unprofessional?  The article summarizes unprofessionalism as being too laid back or informal.  If your conducting an email or text speak in clear sentences and don’t truncate.  Often times we will text our friend using acronyms or truncating words.  This is something to avoid because you are trying to leave a professional impression using unprofessional lingo.  Additionally, always use good grammer and spelling.  Communicating with incomplete sentences with random punctuation errors can give your contact a bad feeling about your professionalism.

These tips should definitely be used when working with social recruiting websites including facebook, linkedin, and ugrowu.  Whenever you are networking you should treat it as a job interview.