Monday, October 12, 2009

Digital Dirt

This post is a response to the following article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/10/12/cb.digital.trail.job.search/index.html#cnnSTCText

Employers are looking online for information about their candidates. For many people, this is just a reminder of all that goes to public, stays public. If you haven't thought about what your online profiles look like, now is the time. Have you googled yourself lately? If not, you'll need to log out of your profiles before the search. What do you find? It it's not appropriate for a potential employer to see, remove it or change your privacy settings. We need to check our profiles, photos, and all the rest if we are looking for a job. The content may make the difference between landing the interview or not.

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