Company Creates Google Resume for Divorcees

Staff Writer, May 20, 2009

Because it has become common practice for potential employers, scholarship committees and blind dates to search for individuals on Google before making decisions, many people have expressed concern over their online ID. After a divorce, a woman may revert back to her maiden name or take her second husband’s surname. This means that any online records that existed of her with her ex-husband’s last name will essentially disappear. The digital files will still be available online, but they may not appear if the woman’s first name is not combined with her old last name.

For this reason, an online identity manager, known as claimID.com has created a new technology, which allows its members to collect stray information about themselves and compile it into a sort of Google resume. Over 75,000 people have used it to collect the identifications after a name change (It can also be used to combine a maiden name with a new married name).

Some women choose to hyphenate their names after a marriage or a divorce, so as not to create confusion. Still others keep separate names for their business and personal use. A woman might go by her maiden name at work, while her friends and family know her by her married name.

To avoid this confusion, more and more women are turning to claimID.com. This web site offers a solution to name changes and allows divorcees to collect all of their Google information in one easy to access online location.