I don't think it's all that unusual. I was approached a few years ago, and I know of other sysadmins that have been similarly contacted. Generally they will send you an email requesting a phone conversation. From what I hear though, other than them contacting you the interview and qualification process is the same.
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author: "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" Download your free copies: http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm Friday, February 2, 2007, 5:25:23 PM, you wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of Google actively head hunting people? I know > that many many many people apply to google all the time, but I haven't > heard of google corporate actively head hunting people. Is this not > unusual? > -Shannon > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
