Find a Mentor

Inside Higher Education offers tips, useful for job holders and job seekers at all levels, including:

Seek out mentors who have careers of interest to you: If you are interested
in becoming a faculty member or an administrator, find mentors in those
positions and ask questions on how to maximize your graduate school
experience.

http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/mentor/bonaparte

Tend your LinkedIn account

Tips from Chris Brogan:

Accept any invitations that make sense for you to accept.

Enter any recent business cards to invite them to LinkedIn (if you’re growing your network).

Drop into Q&A and see if you can volunteer 2-3 answers.

Provide 1 recommendation every few days for people you can honestly and fully recommend.

Add any relevant slide decks to the Slideshare app there, or books to the
Amazon bookshelf.

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/19-presence-management-chores-you-could-do-every-day/

Your online rep

Did you know that, in one recent study, 77 percent of recruiters said they check applicants' backgrounds online?

Some tips on managing your online image from Boston Interactive.
http://www.bostoninteractive.com/newsletter/feature/You-2.0-032009.asp