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Welcome to the White House Conference on
Small Business Home Page!

The third White House Conference on meneger glavbyx Small Business, convened in 1995, has been the most successful held to date. Jere Glover, Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy at the SBA, recently commented to the delegates,

"...(A)n unprecedented number of the recommendations unitystore internet shop have been addressed with meaningful actions as a result of President Clinton and the Congress finding common ground on the nation's small business agenda. On behalf of the Office of Advocacy, I congratulate you on the important role you played in these legislative successes."

Twenty thousand small business owners participated in state and regional conferences, advancing over four hundred recommendations to the national conference. From this group, two thousand owners came to Washington, at their own expense. Through votes, we selected sixty recommendations designed to address the most important issues facing small business in America. These recommendations were forwarded to Congress and the President for ation.

While many of the recommendations have been acted on, there is still much work remaining on issue implementation. This site is designed to assist in the implementation of the White House Conference Recommendations by facilitating communication between the delegates themselves and Washington decision makers. If you are a delegate to the Conference, we hope that this site will assist you in bringing forward your issues. If you are not a delegate, we invite you to browse the site, consider the issues and get involved in shaping your government.

This site would not have been possible without the support gaming forum of Ernst & Young LLP, a "Big 6" accounting and consulting firm. Ernst & Young LLP serves the small business community throughout the country via its Entrepreneurial Services Group and sponsors the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Jeff Fadley

State Chair & Designer of WHCSB.org

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And most importantly: Will the items on the search list be ones you want a recruitment consultant or headhunter to find?

Hiring managers, Recruitment Consultants and headhunters are using Google searches every day. A 2006 survey by ExecuNet found that 77 percent of recruiters Google candidates to find out more about them. In addition up to 35 percent will remove potential candidates from the recruitment process based on what they find out this way. Human Resources professionals frequently use websites such as zoominfo.com to get a quick insight into an individual.

You can see from this that you need personal brand equity online. To be credible in a professional role today you need positive, career relevant information appearing on a Google search. If you don't you are in danger of being what I call a "Netty-NO-Mark". (Your search "john doe" did not match any documents). Or perhaps, more seriously for your career prospects, you may be seen as an uncontrolled Net-Gossip: Someone who chatters on blogs and other websites undermining your professional credibility with trivia.

So what should you do if you are about to launch yourself into the job market and make your next career move? Check your online identity status 1. Run a Google search: analyze what you find. 2. If your search shows items about you: use the Career Distinction online identity calculator to find out the strength of your online presence Online Identity Calculator 3. Use ZoomInfo to double check what recruiters can find out about you. Assess your online identity and take action 1. If you have a high Google Quotient and you are happy with your online identity, fantastic! Just keeping doing what you are already doing. 2. If you find what William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson of Career Distinction call "digital dirt", clean up as much of it as you can. If you've been indulging yourself with wacky videos on YouTube or anything similar now is the time to remove them. 3. If you need to raise your online presence quickly put profiles onto high ranking business networking sites such as. LinkedIn.com Xing.com Ecademy.com Ziggs.com

Not only will you be providing up to date professional details you will start connecting with people who can help you with your next career move. Don't let you online identity stop you from getting hired into the great new job you want. When you are planning the marketing campaign for your next career move do those standard tasks: update your resume or CV, craft a cover letter etc. But remember make your ME SEARCH part of your JOB SEARCH. First and foremost make managing your online personal brand equity a top priority