Hidden Job Market Secrets
by Debra Feldman, Today's Engineer - IEEE-USA
Reputation 3.0: You Are Who Google Says You Are
Reputation 3.0: You Are Who Google Says You Are
Your reputation does precede you. To stay relevant, whether you are actively seeking a new position or just gauging the market, you must actively manage your online image.
Today, your work is your resume – online, visible and accessible. Thanks to social networking sites and powerful search algorithms, knowledge of your work often precedes a formal introduction to a hiring decision-maker, making it critically important that you continuously publish positive information that illustrates who you are and what you do. What others say, true and false, is available 24/7/365 to confidants and strangers alike. Their opinions can be widely broadcast (sometimes without our knowledge or consent), affecting how others perceive who we are and what we do.