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Subject:RE: Use of Google to check out candidates From:"Robert Campbell" <Robert -dot- Campbell -at- arm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:20:37 -0000
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Goldstein, Dan
Sent: 18 November 2004 16:12
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Subject: Use of Google to check out candidates
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> From: Wade Courtney
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:03 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Writing tests...
>
> 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.
Quick question: how much Googlable information is there about the
average person? Where does it come from? Maybe it's because I don't have
a personal website, but the only links I've found to myself (and there
are a lot of people with my name) are the (very infrequent) postings
I've made to Techwr-l - and that's after being pretty internettish since
the mid-90s. Just wondering...
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