Want to Smooth Career? Clean up Your Digital Profile!

Saher | January 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

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It is sure that our lives become easier with the development of technology. In first, you must print out a job application file and send it via post, now you just write in digital format and send it via email (although there are some companies still use the old way). Plus, the profile that will be judged by the company not only attached to email your submission, but also on a variety of digital profiles scattered in cyberspace.

The company is currently not only resigned to simply accept the profile you are writing formally, it is common knowledge that many companies who do not peek at the official profile of you who were scattered in cyberspace. If not careful, one sentence or a photograph of ‘unfit’ your property in cyberspace can be a stumbling block. Because of this, follow these tips to survive since the start of your career:

1. Make sure you clean up

Open your Facebook account and clean it from the things that make you a bad self-image. Delete photos or videos in which if the vulgar (eg raised middle finger, dancing on the table or poses ‘crazy’), including chat, a status that is full of swear words and so forth. Make sure you show up the figure of a professional, be polite and warm person. Do the same thing on blogs, Twitter, Tumblr and all social networks you belong to.

2. UNTAG Yourself

If the page has been clean up, there is the possibility of your friend to send pictures or notes which include you in the ‘tag’. If it contains something that is not eligible to appear (such as an explanation point 1), then you are entitled to press a button untag your name. Although the photo has tagged you do not appear on the page up, but delete it if you feel unworthy.

3. Google Yourself

You will be surprised because you were quite popular on Google. This search engine will store all your digital footprint, ranging from the name on the results of the selection announcement school / work until the silly things and ‘crazy’ to your blog friends who enter your name. More than 20 percent of the human resources department will conduct a search via Google to investigate you. If you find something odd in your possession at a site and you did not manage it, please send an email on the site owner to remove the data yourself.

4. Create Email Specials

If your email address is still impressed cute, silly and stupid (eg seg678****. com or lovely_so_stupid****. com) there is little possibility the human resources department to find a professional side and manhood in you. So, less likely they will call you. Create a new email that describes your real name. Not hard to not make an email with the original name, for example rafaqat****. com. Do not forget to always open your email inbox on a regular basis, who knows you are calling from a company email.

5. Periodic checks

All runs fast in cyberspace, today accounts on all your networking net, not necessarily tomorrow. Because it always checks the digital profile data and make sure you are not tempted to insert photos, videos, comments and status of the human resources department that can make throwing your job application files to the shredder or directly to delete your email application. Good luck!