I Googled myself and......

I Goggled my…

- Full first, middle and last names together  

     and I was directed to a bunch of “White pages” sites showing places where I have lived in   Hawaii and they offered their services to fully access a person’s information at a premium cost. 

- Full first name, middle initial and full last name 

   and I was shown the address to the house I own that is found on public records online.

- Full first and last name 

   and I was shown possible social media sites.

- Nick name and last name 

   and I was taken to my blog site! The third thing on the page 😲

I then clicked on the images tab and saw a page full of old white men but not me.

I then added Kamehameha to the end of my name and that’s’ when I got my work information in the top link, my department link in my second link, and our Robotics in the third link.. KS Robotics Blog site! 😲

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How can you use the Internet to encourage employers to hire you based on the content and images you post on social and professional networking sites? 

I know that prospective employers do check social media for an applicant's digital footprint to "see" if he/she is the sort of professional they want working for their company. A person's digital footprint may be the tipping point if there are two applicants who are equally qualified for the position. 

You can encourage employers to hire you by putting your best digital foot out first. Remove all of the drunken college night selfies, or provocative pictures with friends that could be taken the wrong way. You can also use blog sites or create your own web sites to post your professional information to have a digital resume and include projects that you have worked on or other accomplishments. 

There are also other sites and online communities that you can join, such as Linkedin, that will build your professional network.

Based on what you learned and discovered from Googling yourself ,and what you know about your own social media footprint, what would you change? What are your goals for your online presence?

As long as my Facebook account stays private, I think I'll be good. Outside of work (Robotics counts as work), I don't have much of a digital footprint. If someone really wanted to find out any information about me, they may be able to do so with the assistance of online sites that they would have to pay for their service. I know that property managers do use cites and services like this for rental applicants. I don't think I would change much about my current digital footprint, or lack of one.