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Have you ever tried Googling yourself? If you haven\u2019t, try it now.<\/p>\n
Chances are, your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media accounts would turn up on the search results. Not surprising, given that Filipinos spend 53 hours a week on social networking sites. That\u2019s 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours, according to Wave7, a survey on more than one billion active internet users by Universal McCann<\/a>.<\/p>\n Almost every Pinoy nowadays then has a digital presence. More proof: Makati (combined with Pasig) was hailed as the \u201cSelfie Capital of the World,\u201d while Cebu came up ninth, according to Time\u2019s study last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n But more importantly, Wave7 found that professional social networking (LinkedIn, Biznik, etc.) showed the fastest growth globally last year. In the Philippines, it went up a significant 17 percent, from 2013\u2019s 41 percent to 58 percent in 2014.<\/p>\n What does that mean? Simply put, both employers and applicants are increasingly turning to professional social networking for the hiring process. This means that prospective employers could be checking your online CV<\/a> right now. Worse, they could be Googling you right this moment.<\/p>\n The question is: would you be proud of the results they might find, or embarrassed by your public posts, tweets and selfies?<\/p>\n