Review of the article, We googled you, an article about how online prescence may affect your ability to get hired as a potential employee of a company

1. WE D YOU
Vinnie Delaurz,
Alexandra Leonard,
Sarah MacDonald
Elizabeth Lee

2. Summarize the article and
its main points.

3. Who would you pick:
Qualified candidate with a
history
vs.
Unqualified candidate with
no history

4. 2. “People with her
credentials and references
don’t walk in the door of a
company like ours every
day. If she’s swept up by the
competition, there’ll be
hell to pay.” Should one
overlook what’s found
online and hire based off

5. Do you have a tattoo?

6. 3. “Internet postings are
like tattoos, they never
go away”- Martha Do you
think that if people were
better informed about
the consequences of their
actions and that could
attract negative attention
online through the social

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watch?v=oNofb-OlZyQ
(1:02)

8. 4. “Today, qualified
candidates can be
Googled out of
contention for a job
before they even get a
foot in the door for an
interview.” How in
depth should the

9. 5. Should an online
background check
be performed on
every applicant, or
should it be based
on the level of the

10. 6. Do you think that
it is ethical to do a
Google search on
someone- due to
the invasion of

11. 7. Are all these social
networking sites
allowing or
promoting people to
put too much
personal

12. Who would you
pick:
40 year old woman
Vs.
20 year old girl

13. 8. “You are looking at hiring
someone from a
generation that is not as
afraid of public opinion.”
Due to the rise of
technology, many young
people have a
questionable online
presence, should this be
weighted as much as it

14. 9. “You need to know
what is being said about
you online. Today, all it
takes is one enemy to
put something
anonymously on the
Internet and everyone
will see it.” Michael

15. Thank you!!
Have a great
weekend!