Caution: What goes on the web, stays on the web...
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Face it, everyone has, at some point, googled a name to see what they could find out about them. It could have been an old college friend or even a prospective employee. I had a similar experience recently with a new hire. Waident is looking to add to its team and we stumbled into a possible opportunity to bring on a one man firm. I googled the guy and low and behold, found his personal website (the first couple of results of the search) that held thousands of pictures. Most of these pictures were outings at bars and a wild trip to Vegas. I'll let your imagination take over to give you an idea of what the pictures were all about. Needless to say, Waident never brought him on board even tough we considered it for a moment since he could have been a lot of fun a trade shows : ) Be cautious about what you post on others websites, including your employers. Treat it as being on your permanent record (remember the days back in high school where that was the worse thing possible) Try googling yourself to see what others might find out about you. Make sure and use different combinations of searches like adding your current or previous employer name. You never know what you may find until you check. |
June 2007
