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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:12:43 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > Not that Google's profiling of individual's information is that hot |
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> > anyway. Last year they approached me about a job for which I am |
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> > completely unqualified - and not just because it meant getting out of |
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> > bed before 9am :-O |
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> Ha, ha! A very nice lady approached me too (admitted to having |
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> harvested my address from the Gentoo M/L) but run away when I told her |
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> that the only way I would share my CV details with Google would be via |
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> a person to person meeting in their London offices and the amount of |
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> income I would expect for a job there. |
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My first reaction was, why would Google need a CV from me, surely they |
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already know more about me than my mother does? Clearly they don't. |
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At first I thought it was some type of scam, but several checks confirmed |
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that it was a valid approach and I ended up speaking to them by phone, at |
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a time that put them in California. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi. |
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