If you are graduating from college, this is a good piece of advise. Pay attention what is being said about you online, which pictures you are tagged in, and who can see the entries on your blog. All of this can have a profound effect on your future career.

Earlier this month, 900 graduates of Missouri Southern State University and Pittsburg (Kan.) State University began the search for a job.

Along with sending out resumes and buying suits for interviews, the graduates were given an additional charge: “Clean up their digital dirt.”

Many employers look at your online reputation, this has been proven by survey after survey. The only way to fix the problem once it has gotten out of control is to contract some reputation management services firms and see which one has the most effective methods for the most reasonable prices. However, this is no quick fix–it takes time and patience.