PERSONAL INFO ON THE INTERNET

[quote]I own a house that's worth over $1M so there's nothing other than my age that would stop me from at least getting interviews.

I'm sorry, what?

I only wrote that because I'm not bankrupt or owe tons of money or any negative financial factors. What's the snark? I still have a mortgage that I can barely pay. I by no means consider myself lucky.

I'd go with AGE discrimination and leave it at that. Unless you are highly specialized with in a specific skill set, forget about it in the "professional" realm.

[quote] I am overqualified for 90% of them

This

I've seen this one advertise on line, but I know nothing about them.

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I had to use Rep Defender and they did a good job.

I had a sociopathic patient who was harassing and stocking a major public figure and she turned on me.

It’s age discrimination. Welcome to the club.

Ask Omarosa.

I need to find good reputation. Where to go?

Do you give any indication of your age on your resume? Do you write old, lots of shalls, and oh dears? Do you use an age-specific email account, like Hotmail, AOL, or Yahoo? Do you mention that your hobby is archiving the costumes of every character on Golden Girls? Do you have an Instagram account showing your collection of caftans? Get rid of the tell-tale signs, OP, or you in trouble, gurl.

OP i found a reddit thread last year on how to remove your info from the main sites that list your DOB... i just tried to find the thread to link for you but i can't. it was annoying and who knows if it worked but basically if you go to the sites with your DOB there is a way to remove your info. the thread compiled all the sites into one list but you can do it piecemeal.

start with whitepages and just remove your info from them.

it took me about an hour.

agree that it's insane how so much of our information is accessible by google. my age, my addresses, my relatives - all out there. really disturbing.

Thanks to the helpful responses - except R4. What I do is very specialized but there are many out there half my age and more "moldable". Very funny R11 but no, none of those. I most often dumb it down and don't list anything before the mid 90s. And I'm only on Facebook with occasional liberal replies to others' posts.

R13/OP. I don't think it is that there is bad stuff on the internet about you.

It is age discrimination.

R7 here. When I googled searched my name, all sorts of horrid things would pop up, that were placed by the patient who was stalking me.

I have used DeleteMe for years. It is well worth the money.

I googled an old pal once and there were some crazy info out there. Like all her details plus who is related to her, associated with her at the address and there was even one site where they list all the occupants of an apt building, past and present, for how long etc.

[quote] I own a house that's worth over $1M

Another Datalounger bragging about being a millionaire and all the house(s) they own.

bump

Reputation Defender is super expensive. I looked into it once and they basically wanted about 1,000 for EACH negative link. And no guarantee of course. In my case it was a lawsuit, sued by employer, kind of was a draw, got published by the court, bounced from law firm to law firm so my name is all over the internet with over a dozen links all on the first page. I can't afford to clean it up. But I know every HR director Frau first thing they do is Google the name to see what comes up for free.

[quote]I know my age (61) is a detractor

Most companies these days give you the stink eye after the age of 50. So 61 is really pushing it. How many working years do you have left? Four? Plus chances are you except a really high salary based on your years in the industry. All of those are big negatives. You might be better off trying to freelance or work as a consultant so the commitment to hire you does not get in the way.

Keep in mind that there may be a lot of other people with the same name. Unless the information about you is very specific, it could be anyone. Once in a while, I search my name to see what I've been up to. I'm always amazed at how many times I've died.