CareerJournal Recruiters Use Google To Screen Job Applicants: "Executive recruiter Peter Bell recently made an unpleasant discovery on the Internet.
He was looking for candidates to fill an investor-relations post at a financial-services firm. To research one promising candidate, Mr. Bell's colleague entered the man's name in Google, the popular Internet search tool. But Google unearthed a surprise: It found another version of the candidate's resume, with two jobs that weren't listed on the resume he'd submitted to the recruiter.
'He just eliminated them and added a little time to the other jobs,' Mr. Bell says. Mr. Bell concluded the man had lost the jobs, and tried to cover it up. Mr. Bell didn't submit the man's name for the job.
Internet searches have become common practice for hiring managers and recruiters, who say the effort sometimes yields useful information about candidates -- things employers wouldn't have learned from a resume and cover letter alone. 'Smart hiring managers will always Google their prospective people,' says Allison Hemming, president of the Hired Guns, a New York interim-staffing company. 'If you've got a sixth sense about somebody and you're not really sure why you're feeling that way, Googling can really help you out in vetting a candidate.'"
Jeg googler ogs� - og har gjort det lenge. Ikke bare googler vi for � finne kandidater, vi gj�r det ogs� som en del av referansesjekken, spesielt til lederstillinger. Google derfor deg selv jevnlig og se hva som kommer opp. Hva slags inntrykk f�r vi av deg? Hva slags inntrykk �nsker du � gi?
