Comments on: Manage and Enhance Your Online Professional Image http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86 The musings of a young public relations professional Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rachel Esterline http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-44 Rachel Esterline Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:03 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-44 Chelsea - I completely understand keeping Facebook private. With it private, you still need to be concerned about having mutual friends with potential employers. I am friends with a alumna who works at a firm that I have recently started working with. If they had wanted to, they could have went to her to see my page. But, at least with it set on private there are less risks. And I agree with the cocktail comment. I have photos of me with a glass of wine...but, it's one glass at a professional meeting. I think appropriateness is definitely a factor when it comes to alcohol. Good luck with your "Google 10"! Thanks for the comment. Chelsea – I completely understand keeping Facebook private. With it private, you still need to be concerned about having mutual friends with potential employers. I am friends with a alumna who works at a firm that I have recently started working with. If they had wanted to, they could have went to her to see my page. But, at least with it set on private there are less risks.

And I agree with the cocktail comment. I have photos of me with a glass of wine…but, it’s one glass at a professional meeting. I think appropriateness is definitely a factor when it comes to alcohol.

Good luck with your “Google 10″! Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Chelsea Pearl http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-43 Chelsea Pearl Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-43 Excellent guidelines on how to maintain a safe image. Facebook is something I choose to keep personal and private, shared only among friends. It's also private because I can't be on call to monitor content my friends post 24/7, I'm just too busy. I feel I've created enough online and social content elsewhere, though, to offset this in a way. For instance, having a personal blog sharing my day to day interests and then a professional blog with entries on business, PR, marketing, the economy, etc. While I pay special attention to the language and photos I upload to my personal blog, at the same time I'm not afraid to expose a picture or two of me with a cocktail -- it doesn't mean I'm irresponsible or an alcoholic! The key is really creating enough content to really own "your Google 10", which are the first 10 results displaying on the first page of a Google search of your name. Part of the reason I create so much social content, too, is to offset the presence of OTHER people who share my name who show up in a Google search. I don't want a recruiter making a judgment based on someone who isn't even me! Excellent guidelines on how to maintain a safe image.

Facebook is something I choose to keep personal and private, shared only among friends. It’s also private because I can’t be on call to monitor content my friends post 24/7, I’m just too busy. I feel I’ve created enough online and social content elsewhere, though, to offset this in a way. For instance, having a personal blog sharing my day to day interests and then a professional blog with entries on business, PR, marketing, the economy, etc. While I pay special attention to the language and photos I upload to my personal blog, at the same time I’m not afraid to expose a picture or two of me with a cocktail — it doesn’t mean I’m irresponsible or an alcoholic!

The key is really creating enough content to really own “your Google 10″, which are the first 10 results displaying on the first page of a Google search of your name. Part of the reason I create so much social content, too, is to offset the presence of OTHER people who share my name who show up in a Google search. I don’t want a recruiter making a judgment based on someone who isn’t even me!

]]> By: Facebook Counts As A First Impression to Recruiters « The Beacon for Navigating A Career In PR http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-41 Facebook Counts As A First Impression to Recruiters « The Beacon for Navigating A Career In PR Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:02:39 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-41 [...] recently shared suggestions on managing and enhancing your professional image online. But, I found this post interesting: “Recruiters shouldn’t care about that Facebook [...] [...] recently shared suggestions on managing and enhancing your professional image online. But, I found this post interesting: “Recruiters shouldn’t care about that Facebook [...]

]]> By: Sports PR Weekly Roundup | Sports PR Blog http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-38 Sports PR Weekly Roundup | Sports PR Blog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-38 [...] that line, Rachel Esterline points out ways to manage your image [...] [...] that line, Rachel Esterline points out ways to manage your image [...]

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]]> By: Rachel Esterline http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-12 Rachel Esterline Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:51:51 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-12 Thanks Amber. I didn't mention it, but I also write about myself - just not about everything. There are some parts of my life I keep offline. I think our generation is a little more transparent anyway. I think we're OK as long as we don't post certain things! Thanks Amber.

I didn’t mention it, but I also write about myself – just not about everything. There are some parts of my life I keep offline.

I think our generation is a little more transparent anyway. I think we’re OK as long as we don’t post certain things!

]]> By: Amber from Girl with the Red Hair http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-11 Amber from Girl with the Red Hair Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:07:39 +0000 http://www.rachelmesterline.com/blog/?p=86#comment-11 Hey Rachel - great tips and I agree with all of them. I'm starting to "edit" my previous online image and be more careful about my future. Do I post blog posts/updates/twitter updates etc. about ME? Yes. But I keep them G-rated and don't get TOO personal, even though sometimes I'd like to. I also recently deleted all facebook photos of myself that were inappropriate. I probably do get a little more personal than most young professionals do on their twitter/blog accounts. But that's OK with me for now and I certainly don't think it's anything that would prevent an employer from hiring me - just showcases my life and my true personality. It is something we need to be aware of, though! Hey Rachel – great tips and I agree with all of them.

I’m starting to “edit” my previous online image and be more careful about my future. Do I post blog posts/updates/twitter updates etc. about ME? Yes. But I keep them G-rated and don’t get TOO personal, even though sometimes I’d like to. I also recently deleted all facebook photos of myself that were inappropriate.

I probably do get a little more personal than most young professionals do on their twitter/blog accounts. But that’s OK with me for now and I certainly don’t think it’s anything that would prevent an employer from hiring me – just showcases my life and my true personality.

It is something we need to be aware of, though!

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