York University computer science and engineering professor Andrew Eckford uses blogs, Twitter and YouTube to give his students a better understanding of content covered in class and to make him more approachable when they’re struggling with course material.

Lauren chats with freelance social media strategist Sophie Bifield about the best and worst parts of freelancing in a new industry like social media.

Although social media can give you a great opportunity to show potential employers more than what is on your resumé, it can also work against you if you don’t control your online presence. Here are a few things you can do to control your digital footprint and prevent it from losing you that interview.

Take time each day to note and celebrate your progress toward employment. Doing so creates a loop of positive feedback – you feel a sense of achievement, which boosts your confidence, which makes you likely to make more progress tomorrow.

September campus recruitment drive Q&A. Gov’t student loans are changing. Work from home job scam tips. Students are using drugs to help with studying. 10 job tweeters you should be following. Interest in the dead spikes during tough times. Obama’s education speech.

It is no secret that there are a lot of valuable uses for social media, but I really want to highlight how you as a student or graduate can use social media to land yourself a job in advertising. By Dustin Brown, the director of new business at a Toronto-based agency.

This edition of What not to do was brought to you by @HireOSUgrads on Twitter.

This Facebook status has been making the rounds on dozens of blogs lately. We’ve all worked crappy jobs with bosses we hate before, but this is a good example of why it’s better to keep some things private in an increasingly public online world.

Moving forward, you will be asked less often to write a traditional press release, and expected more often to get the word out (in promotion, preventative and crisis communications) using the web-based communication tools available online (aka social media), such as Twitter, Digg, Facebook, etc.

“[Your boss] is now following your updates on Twitter.” 140 characters can make or break your image in the workplace. Would you say that to your boss’ face? If you would consider spray painting it in the town square, you know it’s probably OK to Tweet.