I read an article today about how many young people are temporarily shutting off access to their social media – access to their Facebook and MySpace profiles for example – when they start looking for a job so that potential hiring managers don’t find something about that person that perhaps puts the person in a [...]

Last month we asked the question what does your online reputation say about you? What I didn’t mention though is the question of what you can do when you find out through a Google search that this is information out there that hurts you and your reputation? If the information is something you can fix [...]

If you’ve received a call from a recruiter out of the blue, you’ve probably wondered how the recruiter found your name especially if you’re not looking for a job. Recruiters often tell you something to the effect of “I was confidentially referred to you” or something like that which is just to get you off [...]