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Personal Audit

Now it is time to simulate a search of your name, qualifications, education, and past experiences. This will simulate an actual search by a future employer.   Without getting into detailed numbers, employer’s will almost always search for you on the internet before hiring. This is a much less expensive alternative than the previous tactics, and can still be very effective.

Common search platforms include..

  1. Linkedin
  2. Facebook
  3. Search.Twitter
  4. Google 

Manipulating these search results is one step in the right direction for these future employers to view the content that you wish for them to see.   College .edu domains will rank very high within Google searches, so if your name has been published on your university website it will rank very high.

The goal of a personal audit is to discover what employers will see about you, and possibly change it. If you search your name in a top search engine and do not even see your instance of your name, then you have a problem. It is very simple to hire a web developer to rank you for your name, unless you are competing against famous celebrities.

Checking a college search is useful as well, because of the high trust that has been achieved. Employers are looking for students who accomplished more than just perfect grades, and this is a great chance to showcase accomplishments.

Combating negative search, and managing your reputation. Before you jump on any attacks against you or your property, be sure to think the through many of the possible outcomes.  Personal attacks may turn into online ‘flames’ or direct attacks on a person from bystanders and other readers.