Applying for a new (or first) job can be time consuming.
The process can also involve intrusive scrutiny of your digital footprints.
The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
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Our team has been examining how employees digital footprints can harm them and their employers.
Digital decluttering
Coherently cleaning up ones digital footprints is a task that people tend to find overwhelming.
Some take broadbrush actions, such as deleting some or all of their social media accounts.
Yet deletion is a luxury.
Online visibility builds legitimacy.
Similarly, survivors of domestic abuse may want to keep a low profile toavoid being foundby their abusers.
Decluttering is a painful, yet necessary aspect of entering the world of work.
Get a friend of a friend to look you up online and see what they find.
If you are featured in content posted by others, ask them to take it down.
