Damn, there goes my hopes for a job at the CIA. -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: How does Blogging Affect Job Prospects?
right, it is quite interesting to google oneself, especially if the name is unusual. There are about three other people out there with my name... I havce often wondered what they make of me ;P But it's something I keep in mind. In my early internet days I made some posts that were showing up on google searches for a while, that I would have prefered not. It's also interesting to see what weight is assigned to various posts. Five-year old posts where I am talking about a patch seem to get more weight than my views on politics, which is all to the good. On the other hand you do have to realize that they are out there, and I for example probably have enough political comment to offend a potential employer whos is a member of the administration fan club. I am not sure I'd want to work for anyone like that anyway, but this might arise if I were to apply at one of the national laboratories. Nor do I think that this is illegal. In fact the trend is more and moer to say that the employee's off-duty activities should not be able to descredit the employer. For example, if I were working for the RNC, my comments here would be very material. Dana On 7/12/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have given this subject quite a bit of thought. I have a blog, but I don't list my name or contact information anywhere on it. The domain is registered in my name, but I might transfer that to a corporate entity. You can never be too careful. > > I periodically Google myself to see what comes up. Lately some of my posts from HoF are making it high enough in the results to be checked. But I would never bring up my blog or my postings in any forum during a job interview unless the forum was topical to the job and there was nothing off-topic that would distract from the topical stuff. I would not reference HoF, for instance- too much off-topic stuff in CF-Community. > > I typically use the same alias on forums around the Web, and I Google for that sometimes, too. It's amazing to see where I've posted in the past- random technical lists, etc. I made at least one post at Red Hat, and apparently I was last on the Ann Arbor Tribes2 server on July 17, 2003. > > Blogging is part of the composite picture of who you are, but if you are extremely active on the Web as most of the people on this list are, you are bound to have left bread crumbs elsewhere that employers may check out. The only thing saving us is the time that it takes recruiters to wade through the massive amount of material out there. > > I wonder if one day this permanent record of communications may lead to a more open world, or if the consequences will just encourage people to censor themselves. It should make politics in the next ten years very interesting. > > > > >A really interesting article: > > > >http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050711-5080.html > > > >I would have to make the assumption that participation in forums such as > >this (if such participation is "public knowledge" as when you mention it on > >your personal blog or website) would fall into this category as well. > > > >Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
