The Hidden Score That's Shaping Your Life: Why Your Online Reputation Matters More Than You Thin
Everyone has a credit score. Most people know roughly where theirs stands. But there's another score influencing your life that you've probably never checked— your online reputation score . This isn't a formal number generated by any agency. It's the impression created in the mind of every person who types your name into Google and scans what appears. Employers, romantic interests, potential friends, business contacts, landlords—they're all assigning you a mental score based on your search results. And most people have no idea what score they're receiving. Your Career Is Being Shaped by Searches You Don't See The employment statistics paint a clear picture. Research consistently shows that 70% of employers conduct online searches during hiring. More than half have eliminated candidates based on what they discovered. The troubling part: almost none of them tell candidates this happened. You experience the outcome—the job that went to someone else, the ...