Hi Pat,
Happy to share it - mebbe I'll get to share it in class as well. :) Prolly
gonna be a few weeks until I dig out enough to get to it, but I will get to
it and I'll send it to you as soon as it's done for comments.
Cheers,
jesse
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Pat Franks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Jesse,
>
> Thanks for your comments. I am going to save this email and share it with
> my
> students. We had a lively conversation on this very topic in my online Org.
> & Mgmt. class in the fall. It's important for everyone to understand that
> anything they post or anyone else posts about them is available for access
> by potential employers. Regardless of whether they thought it was legal or
> ethical for an employer to 'google' an interviewee before the interview,
> they must operate under the assumption that it will happen and can make a
> difference. If you put something together on this and are willing to share
> it, I know it would be very helpful.
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf
> Of Jesse Wilkins
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 10:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [RM] Resumes
>
> Hi Peter,
> Thanks for the link. I wanna take this opportunity to remind many of you of
> something, and to let many of you know something that might help (or hurt)
> your job searching efforts.
>
> I've had the opportunity to review a number of applicants in the last
> several years for a number of positions, including consulting positions,
> standards/task force positions, and some others. The first thing I do when
> I
> get a resume is to Google the person. I look to see what comes up, and I
> look for answers to the following questions:
> - Does the person show up in a search engine at all?
> - Do the search results generally support the resume? If you say you are a
> consultant, I should be able to find some mention of you, either relating
> to
> projects you've worked on or speaking engagements or other, more
> industry-focused work you've done like standards and task forces.
> - Is the person involved in the community? If so, in what way? This is
> certainly not a dealbreaker one way or the other - but it depends on what
> that involvement is, right?
> - Do the search results show me what you were doing Friday night/Sat
> morning
> at 1:30 am with a half-dozen of your new friends? Do they include alcohol,
> drugs, and/or nudity?
> - Do the search results produce any meaningful online interaction, such as
> this list, wikis, etc. - and what is the nature of that interaction? Is it
> thoughtful, or is it expletive-laced? (Not that that couldn't be thoughtful
> as well, but you get the idea).
> - What else do I learn about you?
> Now, if your name is "Tom Brown" or "Jane Smith" this might not work quite
> as well - but then again, it might if you are active enough.
>
> To eat my own dog food, I routinely Google "Jesse Wilkins". I just did that
> again, with the following results:
> 8 of the top 10 were me.
> 35 of the top 50 were me.
> And 62 of the top 100 were me.
>
> The last time I did this it was a big higher, c. 77, but a lot of the
> results had to do with my run for political office in Colorado in 2000.
> Now,
> if I gave you the details on what I ran for, my party, how I did, etc.,
> that
> might color your perception of me. Is that right? Dunno. Is it legal? I'm
> not a lawyer or HR pro but I suspect it would be in most areas. Would it
> influence a hiring decision if someone saw it? Definitely maybe.
>
> So my point behind this long and rambling post is this. If you are looking
> for a job, I encourage you to do the same to see what the Web says about
> you. If you don't like what you find, there isn't much you can do about it
> EXCEPT add more stuff and more recent stuff so anything you don't like
> tends
> to get pushed down in the results. Most folks, after all, won't go more
> than
> the first couple of pages of results.
>
> And if you are a consultant or want to become one, one of the best things
> you can do for yourself is to start pushing your personal brand and that of
> your firm. That means being prolific in speaking, writing, publishing, etc.
> It doesn't mean you have to speak at every ARMA chapter every year, nor
> publish in Wired Magazine (though that would really help!). But there
> should
> be some "paper trail" (sorry Steve W.) that gives people some sense of what
> you do.
>
> I still have a regular resume and a CV that I can dust off and use where
> applicable, but increasingly the work I do and the presentations I deliver
> are related to someone finding me on Google and using that as the starting
> point.
>
> If you want more information, feel free to contact me directly at
> [log in to unmask]; I'm also going to put together a presentation with
> recording on Slideshare and probably on my firm's website that describes
> how
> to create and cultivate your online persona.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jesse Wilkins
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