Online Profile VS. Professional Profile

By:Tina Sanbalian

Tax Credits (Flickr)

Companies are increasingly relying on social networks to gauge candidates'

suitability for a job.

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The paper résumé is dead.

Photo by Flickr user Thomas Hawk

Your first impression isn't made with a firm handshake—it's with a

GOOGLE search.

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The Web is your résumé.

Social networks are

your mass references.

Jason A.Howie (Flickr)

We as individuals put out so much information about ourselves—

why wouldn’t a business try to use it?

Jared (Flickr)

Multiple studies show

convincingly that more than

75% of employers

actively research candidates

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They show further that more than 70% have decided NOT to hire a candidate

based on what they've found.

Tulane Public Relations

The Internet records everything and forgets nothing.

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Every online photo,

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status update, byJoeLodge (Flickr)

Twitter post and blog entry by and about us can be stored forever.

MDGovpics (Flickr)

Your information is being gathered

and used whether you like

it or not.

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We have become

obsessed with the digital marketing

measurements of click-

throughs, retweets and

likes.Owenwbrown (Flickr)

Assigning value only to that which we can quantitatively record.

Tax Credits (Flickr)

If you're nowhere to be found on

Google, employers may question

whether you have kept up with the latest trends or

are qualified for a job that requires minimal digital

skills. Danxoneil (Flickr)

To stand out from the crowd, don't suppress your social self. Instead, climb the Ladder of Social Identity to increase your chances of

landing that coveted role.

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Remember that what happens online stays online: This isn’t the same as what happens

in Vegas stays in Vegas… Travis Isaacs (Flickr)

The internet will forever tether us to all our past actions, making it

impossible, in practice, to escape them.

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Without some form of forgetting,

forgiving becomes a difficult undertaking.

Mkhmarketing (Flickr)

Your reputation is not solely in your hands, but you can influence how you’re

perceived.

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All images are under the Creative Commons license and sourced from

Flickr.

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SOURCES 1. http://blog.sgrouples.com/online-reputation-can-affect-your-job-and-mortgage/

2. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/02/15/twitterviews-resumes/1919305/

3. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

4. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2011/02/28/the-reputation-economy/

5. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/living/real-simple-social-media-job

6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-gulati/put-forth-your-virtual-be_b_1508067.html

7.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203750404577173031991814896.html

8. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/your_future_employer_is_watchi.html

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