Monday, June 27, 2011

A "how to" on managing your online reputation

Mashable shows us how to manage our online reputation and offers suggestions on tools to assist in the process. Reputation management is an absolute necessity in the current job market where candidates are plentiful and recruiters are looking for ways to narrow down their pool of eligible candidates.  Consider this:
Of the almost 80% of U.S. hiring managers who had searched for candidates online, 70% of them said they had rejected a candidate based on what they found in his or her search results, according to a 2009 study commissioned by Microsoft.  Read more and learn how to manage your online reputation. 

5 comments:

  1. In this tough job market people need to think of themselves as a brand, not just a potential employee. Making sure that their online reputation is spotless can mean the difference between getting an interview and having their resume passed over.

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  2. Absolutely Allie! Some companies are including social media in background checks. Take a look at this Career Conduit post: http://bit.ly/mkJe4n

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  4. Good tip!
    Reputation management is very necessary to all internet marketers. We all know a negative comment to our brand can destroy our online business.So we should always keep monitor our reputation over the internet.SEO has many strategy to highten the reputation of a brand or business.It is true that Social Networking site have active reli in branding our site like fscebook,twitter etc.Thanks for setting this idea.Please keep sharing more and more information ……I have a company providing service on Online Reputation Management Please visit our site http://www.reputationhead.com/online-reputation-management/.

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  5. To keep your pace and maintain your online business,Online Reputation Management is very necessary to understand in today's internet world.

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