June 28, 20179 yr How terribly sad. And scary. I know full well all 3 interviews "googled" me..one asked me how old my Daugher was.. (which I made no mention of in my application). Bit wrong really..
June 28, 20179 yr I know full well all 3 interviews "googled" me..one asked me how old my Daugher was.. (which I made no mention of in my application). Bit wrong really.. Any mention of your enjoyment of canine fornication ?
June 28, 20179 yr Absolutely. They can check on the legal stuff, but where's the self belief as a manager that they interview a candidate and appoint on that basis. Yet again folk frightened of taking responsibility and trusting themselves and others.
June 28, 20179 yr I'm saying it's due diligence, don't be a prick and you've got nothing to worry about. In this age you'd be naive to expect not being googled! Saves you employing a racist nonce. Bollocks to employing someone who interviews well, and nothing else.
June 28, 20179 yr Genuine question then What do you do if you google someone who has applied and you cannot find anything out about them. Zero Myself for example all you would find is something relating to a football team I used to play for years and years ago. Nowt else. Clients of mine have tried out of curiosity but found nothing and it made me more determined than ever to keep it that way as it frustrated them immensely. Would it put you off employing somebody?
June 28, 20179 yr I'm saying it's due diligence, don't be a prick and you've got nothing to worry about. In this age you'd be naive to expect not being googled! Saves you employing a racist nonce. Bollocks to employing someone who interviews well, and nothing else. I know what you're saying, but that's the job of the interviewer, to ask the right questions to assess a candidates suitability. If the candidate is a bit of a nob then a good panel will get a feel for this. As for a racist/nonce you'd have difficulty if someone was smart enough. Just have to say all the right phrases. Ultimately, the interviewer still has to make an assessment. Dehumanising the process is a sad sign of the times.
June 28, 20179 yr Interviews are done by people who have actual other jobs, typically. That's the only way you can assess someone's suitability. I don't see it as sad that it's easier to identify a fraud, a bullshit CV, these days. It's only the same as a reference in reality, an online reference.
June 28, 20179 yr i don't appear on Google due to my painfully dull life, apart from WheelieBinGate. EFA
June 28, 20179 yr Interviews are done by people who have actual other jobs, typically. That's the only way you can assess someone's suitability. I don't see it as sad that it's easier to identify a fraud, a bullshit CV, these days. It's only the same as a reference in reality, an online reference. I get that, really. If you got a few good, "clean" candidates in you'd still have to separate them. That's where good people skills come in. BSA has that in spades for example. Megson didn't. I remember my first job after uni- interview with the MD, a cracking fella who'd been around the block a bit. We got on famously, I relaxed and he got to see more of the real me. We talked about all sorts, but no doubt all the while he was making judgements. Just a bit worrying, if it all goes down the route of social media investigations etc.
June 28, 20179 yr Like I said, these days they (IBM in this case) are looking for people who understand social media. So it's a given that if you are a prick on social media then you don't "get it". QED.
June 28, 20179 yr i don't appear on Google due to my painfully dull life. You not on the ginger dating site Tinger?
June 28, 20179 yr I'm saying it's due diligence, don't be a prick and you've got nothing to worry about. In this age you'd be naive to expect not being googled! Saves you employing a racist nonce. Bollocks to employing someone who interviews well, and nothing else. This doesn't bode well for Clayton Powis
June 28, 20179 yr Genuine question then What do you do if you google someone who has applied and you cannot find anything out about them. Zero Myself for example all you would find is something relating to a football team I used to play for years and years ago. Nowt else. Clients of mine have tried out of curiosity but found nothing and it made me more determined than ever to keep it that way as it frustrated them immensely. Would it put you off employing somebody? I'm similar. Very little to find. I'd suggest we are in a very small minority though. A bloke who used to post on here has canned potential candidates because of their social media ramblings
June 28, 20179 yr I'm similar. Very little to find. I'd suggest we are in a very small minority though. A bloke who used to post on here has canned potential candidates because of their social media ramblings Nobody can spell your name to google it
June 28, 20179 yr Nobody can spell your name to google it Thats a fair point???? Tho.. na I'm not telling
June 28, 20179 yr Like I said, these days they (IBM in this case) are looking for people who understand social media. So it's a given that if you are a prick on social media then you don't "get it". QED. In that case its a given. Fair enough. I find the whole twitter/Facebook thing weird. OK for distant acquaintances etc, but the general spilling of meaningless drivel is perverse.
June 29, 20179 yr In that case its a given. Fair enough. I find the whole twitter/Facebook thing weird. OK for distant acquaintances etc, but the general spilling of meaningless drivel is perverse. Never bought into it and never will. Must be some sad fucks out there who think folk need to know you're passing through some particular airport or what colour underwear you have on today. The phrase 'get a fucking life' was never more appropriate. If there's an added privacy issue where these mega companies can profile you for all sorts of reasons then it is definitely wise to avoid. Antifacebookista.
June 29, 20179 yr This doesn't bode well for Clayton Powis I notice he's deleted his racist rape fantasy videos from YouTube.
June 29, 20179 yr I notice he's deleted his racist rape fantasy videos from YouTube. His twitter feed it still ridiculous though
June 29, 20179 yr Genuine question then What do you do if you google someone who has applied and you cannot find anything out about them. Zero Myself for example all you would find is something relating to a football team I used to play for years and years ago. Nowt else. Clients of mine have tried out of curiosity but found nothing and it made me more determined than ever to keep it that way as it frustrated them immensely. Would it put you off employing somebody? I'd say that's got to be a good thing, it certainly wouldn't put me off if you've got a good cv and experience, got a reference and able to interview well and prove you are capable, then there shouldn't be anything they'd look for on social / google to see if you were even better (but if there is, all the better) I'd say they'd be checking to make sure you weren't full of shit or acting like a prick on your social media in some undesirable way, or been in the news for doing bad things - it's more a personality check more than anything, not a skills/experience check
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