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Now you've got a resume that works! Congratulations. But before you start searching for jobs, I've got one more task for you. There is a lot more information about you available online than you realize. Let's do a quick check. Google your name. I'll wait.

All of us have some combination of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn. What do all of these social sites have in common? They default your information to be publicly viewable! According to a 2018 Career Builder survey,¹ 70% of employers use social networking sites to research applicants and 57% have found content that caused them not to hire someone.

Time to take a hard look at what you might have posted over the last few years and decide if that's the first impression you want to leave with a potential employer. Alternatively it may be time to set your social site content to private so that potential employers can't review your partying habits, political beliefs, religious affiliation, sports team preferences, relationship status, health issues, drinking habits, position on vaccines, or preferred conspiracy theories.

How to Clean Up Your Social Media Accounts

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