Death of the CV: You Will Be Googled!

The CV, in its traditional form as the sole source of information about a candidate is on its way out. Virtually everyone has an online persona these days and it should come as no surprise that people and employers alike, will google you more frequently in the not so distant future.

According to a Microsoft study, in the UK alone more than half of recruiters and HR professionals believe that in 4-5 years time online reputation data will  be used in the recruitment process all or most of the time!

What will they find if they search for your name? Will it help or hinder your chances of success?

To some extent, we have no control over what other people write about us (and this turns up in google results), but we do have control over what we write and produce online.

So why not take the power in your hands, buy a domain of your name (www.myname.com), and create an online CV or  free blog with wordpress for example?

The future is that our online personas will be so intertwined with our real personal lives that when it comes to people wanting to get to you know you, the first thing they will do is google you!

We all spend money on clothes to look nice when we go out, so why not spend some time and money on looking nice when we go online?