Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog , a national speaker and consultant on branding and a BusinessWeek columnist. There have been countless incidents in which professionals have lost their jobs , been evicted , or even been arrested for things they’ve done on social networks. There has never been a more important time to discuss the many ways you can sabotage your personal brand, and how you can prevent these mistakes before it’s too late. A new report by Microsoft states that 64% of HR managers think it is appropriate to look at online profiles of candidates and 41% have rejected people as a result. Your online presence — which may consist of both content that you provide (on your LinkedIn profile for instance), as well as what’s written about you by people you may or may not know — is slowly becoming part of the formal recruitment process
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5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online
Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog , a national speaker and consultant on branding and a BusinessWeek columnist. There have been countless incidents in which professionals have lost their jobs , been evicted , or even been arrested for things they’ve done on social networks. There has never been a more important time to discuss the many ways you can sabotage your personal brand, and how you can prevent these mistakes before it’s too late. A new report by Microsoft states that 64% of HR managers think it is appropriate to look at online profiles of candidates and 41% have rejected people as a result. Your online presence — which may consist of both content that you provide (on your LinkedIn profile for instance), as well as what’s written about you by people you may or may not know — is slowly becoming part of the formal recruitment process
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5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online