Posted 4 years ago
Why should you care?
The Internet has become part of every day life, on every level of life. Government, banking, employment, shopping, social interaction,… Looking for a new job? You would probably set up a CV online, and look for potential employers on job sites. But the other way round, an employer might very well look up any potential employees too. Again, on job sites for CV’s, but whenever an employer receives a CV, they can easily search for your name too and see what gets returned. Now, they can either find nothing (but find positive things for another candidate), they can find less favorable things or they can find whatever you put out there (the volunteer work you’ve done, your insightful comments on blog post or forums, short articles you wrote on one of your pet subjects,…).
Take control now. Build up an online presence, at all the right places. Start using the Internet to your advantage. Make yourself look a little bit better. Bury any dirt that’s around to the back of any search results, manage your online reputation! It’s about looking good, online.
Geekredentials
I believe in each of use there is an inner geek, big or small. Want to find, and release, your inner geek? You are reading this blog, god knows how you came here. Actually, Google knows (in fact) how you came here. The fact that you did find this page, is your inner geek trying to break out… This blog will improve your geekredentials.
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