We have been talking about how much information we share online and how much people can find out about you when they search your name. My partner that I am searching is my friend, Sara, who I have known since my second year of university which is about 4 years.
The first thing that came up about Sara when I typed her name into Google was a FaceBook profile which when I clicked on it, brought me to her Facebook page. On her page, you first see a profile picture of her and her boyfriend. Her cover photo is a picture of her and her friend in a canola field. Her bio tells us that she went to Winston Knoll for high school and it says that she is currently studying at the University of Regina. Scrolling through her Facebook, I notice that she doesn’t post a ton, but when she does it is usually about her and her friends and family. She is often tagged by her family members in posts which end up showing up on her account. Most of her posts on her profile are things that she is tagged in – school events, friends, family.
Her Instagram shows us relatively the same thing – her with her friends and family, and her on adventures. Her bio tells us that she is a kindergarten teacher in a small town.
Another thing that came up on my Google search was her blog from our 3rd year of university. Her blog does not tell us much about her. I know that it is not up to date, but she also hasn’t added anything to it in years so we can tell that it is not a blog that she is keeping up with. There are pages where she has reading responses to specific articles. That is about all her blog tells us!!
When going to pictures of Sara’s name, this is the only one that is legitimately her, and it is from her blog that she made in 3rd year.
In conclusion, I believe that Sara has a pretty positive digital identity. She does not have much posted about her, but what is posted seems to be related to her friends, family, school, and her adventures. If an employer was searching her, I think that she would check out as having an acceptable digital identity which would lead into the decision that she would be hireable!
Hehehe you did good Kiera! I don’t have much of a digital identity (yet). I got scared in our first year of university when our professors would constantly tell us that people will judge you for what you post online pretty much. Ever since then, I deleted any Facebook post I had made from when I joined in 2012 and haven’t felt comfortable posting anything since. I remember them saying that your social media profiles are what get you jobs and what don’t so that’s why I don’t post as I’m scared it’s going to make or break a job situation! Did you feel like that at all? I know you’re not super present online so I wonder if that’s why.