Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Looking For a J o b ? Becareful What you Blog
What is it with job seekers who also write blogs? Our recent faculty search at Quaint Old College resulted in a number of bloggers among our semifinalists. Those candidates looked good enough on paper...That's when the committee took a look at their online activity.
I do not know about you but I know many of my online behavior could someday comback and haunt me so I have Decided to Stay as C3 the ChicagoFan and go with an Character Avitar.
You never know what could comeback to haunt you......
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In some cases, a Google search of the candidate's name turned up his or her blog. Other candidates told us about their Web site, even making sure we had the URL so we wouldn't fail to find it. In one case, a candidate had mentioned it in the cover letter. We felt compelled to follow up in each of those instances, and it turned out to be every bit as eye-opening as a train wreck.
I do not know about you but I know many of my online behavior could someday comback and haunt me so I have Decided to Stay as C3 the ChicagoFan and go with an Character Avitar.
You never know what could comeback to haunt you......
read more | digg story
In some cases, a Google search of the candidate's name turned up his or her blog. Other candidates told us about their Web site, even making sure we had the URL so we wouldn't fail to find it. In one case, a candidate had mentioned it in the cover letter. We felt compelled to follow up in each of those instances, and it turned out to be every bit as eye-opening as a train wreck.
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