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June 02, 2009


What is a Google CV?

If someone searches for your name in Google, what would the results tell them about you? How would this affect their opinion of you professionally or socially? What they will find is known as your Google CV, the Google search results page returned for a name search. Your Google CV will often be the first introduction for a potential employer or customer and in today’s world where online visibility plays such a large role, it’s a good idea to make sure that you make a good great first impression.

The Google CV

A Google CV – the new black?

Just like a traditional CV or resume, everyone (yes, even Grandma) should have a Google CV – and it should feature the “you” that you want others to see. A fundamental step to online self-marketing is ensuring the results of your Google CV portray you in the way you want to be seen. As with a traditional CV, we want our best attributes and qualifications to be acknowledged on this searchable database. A Google CV is a great opportunity for people to find all sorts of information about you- your website, academic qualifications, LookupPage or your blog. This ensures that whoever is looking for you online gets as much relevant (and positive) information as possible through one quick search. Nifty.

Keeping the slate clean

Unless you are Superman, it’s pretty difficult to please everyone all the time. A Google CV is generally made up of social media profiles and professional biographies, submitted articles and a few mentions of your name by third parties. That said, there may be times where you come across negative mentions of your name (gasp!) on the first page of the SERPs. This would be like including any negative information about you on your traditional CV – foolish. You can muscle out negative mentions by adding more content about yourself online.

Plan of attack

It is every avid Google enthusiast’s dream to appear on the first page of the SERPs for a search conducted for their own name. Personal branding will play an important role in your future successes and the Internet provides an excellent channel to augment it.

Being visible online brings you one step closer to success. LookupPage can assist you in keeping track of your Google CV, monitoring your online reputation and making sure people get to know you as a trusted and credible source online. You can use SEO and PPC together to improve your Google CV - by creating and syndicating content such as branded articles, creating social media profiles and optimising all of your content.

How can LookupPage help you build a Google CV?

LookupPage is an online service that provides personal visibility, online reputation management and business promotion for professionals and small businesses. A case study of LookupPage’s founder and CEO, Ehud Furman’s Google CV is a great example of the power of personal branding. Using Lookup Page and taking control of your Google CV can open up many opportunities online- whether it be an employee/employer search, rise to instant fame or even the girl you met last night at the pub looking you up.

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Comments

Google CV is the new black! lol - love it

I really need to improve my GOOGLE CV...

Great post..

There are a few really good sites out their that help consumers build and establish their online brand.

A great tool for your readers is; Http://www.resumebucket.com

It's a site that goes beyond Monster, and Hotjobs! It allows consumers to create a unique link (ResumeBucket.com/YOURNAME) and share their resume with whoever via todays social tools. Unlike Monster and Hotjobs, which charge, 20k a years to access resumes, ResumeBucket lets employers and small companies search resumes completely for free! This is helping people in todays economy get a job.

Have your readers look @ Http://www.resumebucket.com

Thanks Josh - I will definitely check out Resume Bucket...

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