Everyone is connected digitally. Your resume may say a lot about you, but does your web page say more to an employer than you want them to know? Your resume may become a waste of paper if an employer performs a simple Google search and learns that you drink too much, are promiscuous, steal or even worse.

Don't make the mistake of thinking a prospective employer isn't going to check up on you. They will. They do.

If you have been sending out a lot of resumes, but not receiving any phone calls for interviews, you should probably start asking yourself some questions. You goal is determining what it is that is disqualifying you from making the desired impact you are trying to make on prospective employers.

The resume in some instances is not the problem. A job candidate's qualifications may even be a perfect match for a job opening. What ends up destroying a persons chances of getting past the screening process can be as simple as the means they are using to make social contacts on the internet.

Recruiters and hiring managers have a difficult job themselves. They are trying to find the best people to fill vacant positions. While there are almost always more candidates than there are jobs available, many candidates leave themselves wide open to scrutiny by allowing simple situations to control their career potential. Sometimes this is not an on-line issue, but other times it is.

You have heard of My Space or perhaps Xanga. You may have accounts on those sites. It shouldn't be difficult to appreciate how employers are turning to those sites and others like them to find out more about job candidates. Really