Improve your digital footprint
Here are some things to consider:
- Is your online profile accurate and up-to-date?
- What are your privacy settings?
- What do you ‘like’ and who do you follow on social media? What groups are you a member of? What does this say about you?
- What photographs exist of you online? What’s your profile picture like? What impression might others form of you?
- What interests have you highlighted? What impression does this give?
- What comments or opinions do you share via social media?
- What do you and your friends say about each other?
- What skills, competencies and experiences do you share online? Do you ‘showcase’ your talents?
- Who are you connected to professionally via social media? (e.g. employers, professional groups, individuals who work in the sort of job that interests you, job agencies, career experts, etc.)
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