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ShareThis Email PDF Print Don Sorensen, Online Reputation Management Expert Because current college graduates will most likely be changing jobs a number of times over the next 20 years…
its important to start cultivating a great online reputation now Provo, Utah (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 With college graduation soon approaching, Don Sorensen, President and founder of online reputation management firm Big Blue Robot, today released guidelines for new graduates when it comes to developing and protecting their online reputation. Today, most professionals will not only switch jobs and companies up to 10 times in their working career, but theyll most likely switch professions a number of times before they retire. The days when one could get a job at a company and stay there for 20 years are pretty much over.
Todays workforce is more mobile and more open to changing job titles, duties, and companies to fit their lifestyle and life goals. Because current college graduates will most likely be changing jobs a number of times over the next 20 years, the reputation they build at a single company wont be worth much as they look for other opportunitiesor if other opportunities come looking for them, said Sorensen. Thats why its important to start cultivating a great online reputation now, so these graduates can be ready for the future. Sorensen points out that solid personal reputation management starts with the individual and provides specific ways for graduates to boost their reputation and look toward the future. Claim Profiles and Domains Now Sorensen recommends that graduates not wait until they build a reputation to claim social profiles and personalized domain names.
Claim profiles and domains now, says Sorensen.
By the time you have a name thats worth something, someone else may have already snagged your usernames and URLs. For example, create a Facebook profile (and maybe even a fan page) for yourself, as well as Twitter profiles, LinkedIn profiles, and more. Not only will you own those personalized accounts so no one else can grab them, but they tend to do very well in the SERPs, letting people who are searching online find you easily. Be Careful of Online Talk Before the digital age, people were allowed a certain leeway in their public discourse.
Even if an individual said or wrote something foolish, chances are that those statements would be hard to find by potential employers and no one would really go looking for them anyway. However, today everything that is written or published on the web stays there. Forever. It also stated that the lack of review poses particular concerns because of significant percentage of respondents stay they never consider the impact that the information they post may have on others reputations.
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