The Ops Con Micro-Guide Edition 9: Your Digital Footprint

In close protection, you may be vetted before you are interviewed.

A recruiter, a security company, a principal's Chief of Staff: before anyone offers you work, someone will search your name, and what they find shapes their view of you before you've said a word.

This short, quick-read guide takes you through six practical steps: search yourself first, keep your personal accounts private, build a separate professional presence, never post the job, set up a professional email address, and get the rest of your first impression right.

Nobody's asking you to delete your social life. Just make sure the first thing people find is someone they'd trust with a principal.