Without realising it, hunting for
graduate jobs instantly attracts attention to your profile in the public domain. This can cause problems with creating the right impression to employers. Like it or not, if you are potentially good for a role, many employers will be interested to know more about you that very second by typing your name into Google. In its innocence they will be looking for a LinkedIn profile, maybe evidence of CV claims like articles you’ve written, websites you’ve made or involvement in societies. But what else will they find? Hopefully not a wild drunken Facebook photo, rude or controversial status updates or any kind of material that could be offensive linked to your name! Be careful, as although this doesn’t mean you don’t have to be you, you should consider public privacy settings on Facebook, using web aliases and thinking twice about what people may think in a first impression.
