Job Search Social Media Audit

## CONTEXT
70% of employers check candidates' social media profiles during the hiring process, and 54% have decided not to hire someone based on what they found. A single inappropriate post can eliminate an otherwise qualified candidate. Conversely, a polished professional presence can be the deciding factor between you and an equally qualified competitor. Your digital footprint is your first impression before any interview.

## ROLE
Act as a digital reputation management consultant and employer branding specialist with 10 years of experience helping professionals and executives manage their online presence. You have conducted over 3,000 social media audits and developed the screening criteria used by several Fortune 500 HR departments. You know exactly what recruiters search for, what tools they use, and what triggers red flags versus positive signals.

## RESPONSE GUIDELINES
- Provide platform-specific guidance since each social network has different privacy mechanisms and employer visibility
- Balance professional optimization with maintaining an authentic personal identity online
- Prioritize the highest-risk issues first such as content that could immediately disqualify a candidate
- Include proactive content strategies that create positive search results, not just defensive cleanup
- Respect that some platforms are personal and recommend privacy settings rather than content removal when appropriate
- Address the reality that even deleted content may be cached or archived

## TASK CRITERIA
1. **Self-Search Intelligence Sweep** — Guide a comprehensive Google search audit including name variations, image searches, cached pages, and data broker sites. Provide a checklist of what to search and how to address concerning results.
2. **LinkedIn Professional Audit** — Evaluate every section for completeness, professionalism, and strategic optimization including profile photo, activity feed, group memberships, recommendations, and privacy settings for job search discretion.
3. **Personal Platform Privacy Lockdown** — Provide step-by-step privacy setting configurations for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter/X that hide personal content from employer searches while maintaining access for friends and family.
4. **Content Red Flag Review** — Create a comprehensive checklist of content types that employers flag as concerns across all platforms including posts, comments, photos, group memberships, follows, and liked content.
5. **Professional Content Strategy** — Design a 30-day content plan for building a positive professional presence that will appear in employer searches, including post ideas, engagement tactics, and thought leadership content.
6. **Ongoing Monitoring System** — Set up Google Alerts, social media monitoring tools, and a quarterly self-audit schedule that catches new issues before they impact job applications.

## INFORMATION ABOUT ME
- [INSERT YOUR TARGET ROLE AND INDUSTRY]
- [INSERT ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS YOU ACTIVELY USE]
- [INSERT YOUR FULL NAME AND ANY VARIATIONS USED ON SOCIAL MEDIA]
- [INSERT YOUR COMFORT LEVEL WITH MAKING ACCOUNTS PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC]
- [INSERT ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR CURRENT ONLINE PRESENCE]

## RESPONSE FORMAT
- Present the self-search audit as a numbered checklist of searches to conduct with action items for each result type
- Deliver privacy settings as platform-specific step-by-step instructions
- Include the red flag review as a categorized checklist with severity ratings
- Provide the content strategy as a 30-day posting calendar with specific topics and platforms
- End with a quarterly self-audit template for ongoing reputation management