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How to Clean Up Your Digital Dirt Before It Trashes Your Job Search

Unflattering personal information drifting around the Internet, known by some as "digital dirt," can doom a job search before it even gets started. Job hunters should know that recruiters can, and often do, read much of what’s posted about them on the Web.

Christine Hirsch, president of Chicago Resources, a professional-services recruiting firm, says she regularly uses Google.com and other sites to check on candidates. In one instance, she found details about a candidate on a law-school Web site describing disciplinary actions related to a fraternity prank involving public intoxication. The candidate, who had received a verbal offer (and who had disclosed a drunk-driving conviction in college), didn’t get the job after the new information surfaced.

By Jared Flesher

Full Story: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/usingnet/20060112-flesher.html?cjcontent=mail

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Do You Know How to Put Your Identity Back Together Again?
January 12, 2006 By News Staff
Consumers can test their knowledge about protecting their personal information and responding if their identity is stolen. The new quiz, available at http://www.onguardonline.gov/quiz , asks questions about getting a free credit report, using smart passwords, taking the right steps after an identity theft incident, and other topics.

Full Story: http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=97844

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