Sorry, A Google Search Can Get You Passed Over For A Job
May 10, 2007
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Reader Jeremy Writes: [Yahoo] couldn't get off the crack pipe...the Paid Inclusion model. It failed *everywhere*. [It] still can't get off the crack.
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Aha,...but herein lies the other extreme: it could actually be the deciding factor that tips the scale in your favor in landing a job. ;-)
Your post is wrong. On the contrary, the judges only affirmed that the decision to fire the employee was made BEFORE any searches were performed on his name.
edcir.gov/opinions/06-3284.pdf
The blogging community has really messed up badly on this issue.
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