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Re: Use of Google to check out candidates

Subject: Re: Use of Google to check out candidates
From: Chuck Martin <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:16:17 -0800


Goldstein, Dan wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Wade Courtney
Speaking of google, what's the difference between doing a little
research about the contents of a test and an employer using goggle to
underhandedly find out information about a candidate.


I see nothing underhanded about it. Before I interviewed with my current
company, I checked them out on Google, and I would expect them to do the
same about me. Much can be gleaned from the Web about my professional
experience and opinions, and I consider it to be public information.


Among the people/names that *aren't* me when I search my name in Google is a link to a porn star with my name. Even though it's not me, do you think that such a result appearing in a search has dissuaded potential employers who have performed such searches?

OTOH, "I" am also a journalist writng a column on technology and an author writing books on technology. And an assistant basketball coach.


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