Today employers can see and know everything about you on the internet. Before hiring you, or quite simply giving you an interview, 7 recruiters out of 10 will Google you. So, how do you keep some privacy, maximum dignity, and make sure you get hired? This is what we will explain to you.
1 – Google
This is the first step for anyone who wants to protect your online reputation, simply type in your first and last name in Google, and see the public contents of the links on the first page (from the 2 and 3 pages also if you think you have a lot of content on the web). Once this sorting is done, eliminate what clutters your digital identity, and move on to the confidentiality phase of your social networks!
2 – Manage your “privacy settings”
The advice that comes up most often with recruiters, after doing a Google search, is to manage all the privacy settings of your social networks. In other words, make sure what appears in public mode, in “friends only” mode, and in completely private mode. For each of the social networks, you can manage the privacy settings both from your computer and from your smartphone.
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To find out exactly what each of your contacts, as well as the rest of the world, can see from your profiles, it is good to check the privacy shortcuts.
Who can see your posts, which applications have access to your personal information, what information is visible to everyone?
By default, everything is public. So take the time to manage all the settings. In particular, you can choose to select certain contacts so that they can no longer see your posts, without however deleting them from Facebook. Therefore, when you publish a post, you can choose, at the time of publication, to make it visible.
Are you a Twitter fan? This can be very interesting for your professional life, but be sure to maintain a minimum of privacy. You can decide if you want to add or not the location of your tweets if people can identify you on their posts if we can find you with your email or your phone number if we can send you private messages.
On Instagram, you can have either a completely public profile or a completely private profile. In “public” mode, the whole earth will be able to see your photos. In “private” mode, only your followers will have access to it.
Much loved by recruiters, LinkedIn is a social network to pamper. So have a licked profile, then decide if you want your profile, your relationships, and your posts, to be public or not. Learn how to maintain your professional network when switching job.
3 – Think before posting
Whatever the social network, the main advice for recruiters and experts is to always ask yourself these questions before publishing a post: Are my posts offending? What image does this post give of me? Who will see my post?
4 – Protect your privacy on the Internet
It’s not just on social media that you disclose information. As soon as you make a purchase online, for example, you entrust personal data that can then be used by the site on which you make that purchase.
5 – The right to be forgotten
Has a site posted a photo that violates your privacy? Has someone stolen your identity on Facebook? You can request the removal of the content in question.
6– Do “personal branding”
Is your online reputation safe? Now devote yourself to protect your online reputation! LinkedIn is probably your best ally when it comes to recruiting. It is therefore important to fill in the different sections of your profile as much as possible. Consider asking your colleagues and former colleagues for recommendations. This is often a significant plus for recruiters.
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7 – Should you kill your digital self?
Most recruiters will tell you, social networks, and mainly LinkedIn, are, if they are well managed, a chance for candidates. Indeed, knowing that 7 out of 10 recruiters use them, they will allow you to showcase yourself and show what you want to show about yourself, your work, your personality. If you don’t have any of these showcases to offer, you risk going by the wayside. Recruiters will indeed prefer more robust online CVs. You can give potential recruiters the impression that you have no social media knowledge at all. Or that you have no experience, no passion to share. So, if you want to remain invisible on the web, and you are looking for a job, skip Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, but not LinkedIn!
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