A stunning statistic:
70% of surveyed HR professionals in U.S. (41% in the UK) have rejected a candidate based on online reputation information.

Reputation can also have a positive effect as in the United States, 86% of HR professionals (and at least two thirds of those in the U.K. and Germany) stated that a positive online reputation [...]

Due to social media things have really changed when it comes to ensuring or even increasing visibility. James Snider had to realize that:
“I was in international technology marketing for 15 years. I’d written articles, been quoted by the press, had dozens of press releases with my name in it, but still, the day after I [...]

Still using traditional way to post your resume? Or have you moved to Web 2.0?
ResumePark
ResumePark is a free resume hosting and discovery service. It allows you to easily publish your resume online and get your own custom URL (eg. http://www.resumepark.com/resume/torbenrick) and as short URL (eg. http://rpk.me/torbenrick):

The service allows you to share your resume to LinkedIn, [...]

Are small rectangular pieces of cardstock with your name, phone number and company logo going the way of the land line, compact disc, and yellow pages?  Is Google the new business card? Just Google Me?

It can be quit labor-intensive to ensure high ranking in search results. With your own domain and a lot of SEO [...]