MANAGE YOUR ONLINE PROFILE
Your online profile—everything public about you online—is just as important as your résumé. Recruiters use online profiles to find desirable candidates. Screeners use them to weed out undesirable applicants, and interviewers use them to prepare in-depth interview questions.
An online profile consists of any or all these things:
- Google search results for your name. This is the first impression you make on potential employers and colleagues.
- LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is a social network for tracking professional connections. It’s free to join, and you can create a detailed profile about yourself, including your jobs and your education—essentially an online résumé. Colleagues and customers can publicly endorse you or your work, which can be quite valuable.
- GitHub profile. Many employers will evaluate your work through your GitHub profile well before they meet you. Take a look and spend a few hours to clean up your...
