Make your online presence job-ready
Help young people check what employers might see online, clean up risky social media, build LinkedIn and create a job-ready digital profile.
Before employers offer an interview, employers may search your name. Young people should Google your name, check image results, search old usernames and ask whether they would be comfortable with an employer seeing the results.
Online Presence helps young people clean up social media without shame. Cleaning up your online presence is not about pretending to be perfect. It is about making sure silly, offensive or private content does not speak for you before you get a chance to.
A job-ready online presence can include LinkedIn, a professional email address, a simple website or profile page, and examples of volunteering, projects, sport, caring responsibilities, creative work or certificates.
The page encourages young people to use online platforms to show commitment, reliability and progress - not just nights out, arguments or jokes with mates.
The live tool includes an employer-view checklist and a simple job-ready profile builder. It also reminds young people not to share private information publicly, such as home address, phone number, National Insurance number or personal documents.