• If you are communicating with a company via its internal social networking link, use business appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

• If you are flying to an out-of-town interview, consider the possibility of a flight attendant or fellow flyer spilling something on you. Pack a "just-in-case" back-up suit.

• Successful young professionals push their networking efforts beyond visiting social networking web sites. Many more senior internal and external clients, some of the very people who should be in a young professional's network, may feel most comfortable making face-to-face connections.