When I Googled myself, I found what I was expecting for the most part. I found links about myself in high school, the Air Force, and when I received my free car. I never expected to see my story make it to CNN! The one thing I was surprised to find was a risque photo of a woman I don’t even know. It turns out, that picture is associated to a blog that someone used to share the news story about when I got my car. I think that will have a negative impact on me, if an employer searches my name, and finds that photo.
As I was looking through the internet about myself, I realized that I have the power to either help or hurt myself in what I do on my profiles. I plan on thinking more about what I put on Facebook before I post anything. This is a tool that employers will use to see the “real” me, and I need to use the platforms as such.
The picture of the lady…I wonder if you were to tag that pic into your social media with a caption of it NOT being you, would that help embed it into the WWW as a negative pic?
I would do a search on how successful it is to remove pics that are not tagged correctly. Maybe you will find someone that can help you remove it.
Good luck with this.
(and I’ve been meaning to tell you….thank you for your service. I come from a long line of military people. Father, brothers and hubby are all retired from various services.)
Thank you for the support! I will look into how to remove an improperly tagged photo. Thanks for the advice.