Google and the Executive Job Seach in New York
Executive recruiters in New York and around the country are using Google to find “digital dirt” on job candidates. Jared Flesher wrote an informative article for the Wall Street Journal’s executive career site (CareerJournal.com) on how to clean up your “digital dirt.” Mr. Flesher’s article cited a survey of executive recruiters finding that 75% of them use search engines to check on job candidates. Chris Russell’s blog, Secrets of the Job Hunt has a new post with good tips on managing your digital information.
If negative information is out there, you need to do something about it. If there is negative information about you that is false, you need to ask the person or company who posted it to take it down. If they refuse and it is keeping you from getting a job, you can take legal action to remove it.
