Career Builder.com offers some terrific advise for Facebook/text immersed teens and young adults as they are looking for their first jobs.
Texting - Avoid it altogether - There is a time and place for text message lingo and emoticons, and potential employer correspondence is not one of them. Even if the communication is done via email, use your basic writing tools--grammar, punctuation, capital letters when appropriate--with any current or future work-related contacts.
Don't treat recruiters like friends - No matter how nice or encouraging they are, at the end of the day, recruiters are recruiters, not your friends. Save the "LOLs" and happy faces for someone who is.
Play it safe - You have no idea what hiring managers find charming and what they find annoying. In the job search, keep a constant eye on your home page/Facebook, making sure they represent you as a fun, but stable individual who can make good judgements.
If you have to ask yourself, 'Should I?'...then you probably shouldn't.
Actions speak louder -- and more professionally -- than emoticons - If you want to convey a happy and upbeat personality, use words and actions instead of font colors and symbols.
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