re: Quick Question

Larry J — 9/2/2004 3:33:57 PM (archived)

I can think of a few reasons to Google a potential employee's name:

1. Look for newspaper articles relating to criminal convictions, such as embezzlement. That kind of thing seldom shows up on a resume and former employers hesitate to reveal such information because they might get sued. Of course, you need to make sure you're talking about the person applying for the job. Names are not unique.

2. Look for published papers and the like.

3. Look for "lifestyle issues" that could be a potential hazard to the company, e.g. advocacy of illegal activity or perhaps someone who's a major contributor to "Conspiracies Everywhere!" type websites.

Go ahead and Google your own name and see what shows up. The last time I did it, I found several references to other people with the same name. I also found a reference to an old website that I ran years ago on the Bad Astronomy website. It was kind of cool.

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Hey, Mary Anne, you seen this yet? - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2004 11:09:35 PM
- [whack! whack! whack!] I didn't, no, but I have now. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/2/2004 3:45:16 AM
  - A lot of new guys on the original thread, too. Wonder if any will poke around here a bit. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 5:33:54 AM
    - Yeah..right...they got a real warm welcome. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/3/2004 1:08:50 AM
      - The people who behaved like rude little boys got the treatment they asked for. - Mary Anne - 9/3/2004 1:45:48 AM
        
        Actually, I think you did an excellent job dealing with the comments. - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2004 6:23:04 AM
        
        The evidence bar - Mary Anne - 9/3/2004 7:11:56 AM
        
        There is a sort of "members guild." - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2004 12:53:31 AM
        
        re: The people who behaved like rude little boys got the treatment they asked for. - Art Martin - 9/3/2004 2:14:03 AM
        
        LOL, Art - Fox - 9/3/2004 3:58:02 AM
        
        That's the one thing missing from the internet - the voice (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/3/2004 4:15:10 PM
        
        re: LOL, Art - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2004 6:31:00 AM
        
        Not nearly -- LOL - Mary Anne - 9/3/2004 2:10:45 PM
        
        That's your "essential" self. the scythe in particular seems to fit. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2004 12:46:36 AM
        
        Nope! Got a tinsel wig and some foot-and-a-half-long sneakers, though. :) - Mary Anne - 9/3/2004 3:57:49 AM
        
        Woohoo. At my age I'm not picky (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/3/2004 4:13:59 PM
- ego searches - SDG - 9/1/2004 11:48:52 PM
  - Who *wouldn't*? - Beth - 9/2/2004 4:05:14 AM
    - Quick Question - Todd - 9/2/2004 4:31:03 AM
      - re: Quick Question - Larry J - 9/2/2004 3:33:57 PM
      - ha ha, what better way to see if a webmaster truly masters the web? - Beth - 9/2/2004 5:38:02 AM
        
        re: ha ha, what better way to see if a webmaster truly masters the web? - SDG - 9/3/2004 7:47:11 PM
        
        well, they have their ways - Beth - 9/4/2004 8:41:46 PM
        
        I feel a whole lot better now, I mean TONS better - Todd - 9/2/2004 5:57:38 AM
        
        ...and that was supposed to be "head explodes"...lord, 0 for 2 today (n/t) - Beth - 9/2/2004 5:40:16 AM
      - Yeah, bin Laden's name would come up a lot. Wouldn't hire him. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 5:33:18 AM
        
        He's worth like 25 million (n/t) - gb - 9/2/2004 10:28:21 AM

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