The 'Google Test' Eliminates Almost All Candidates From This Hiring Manager's Consideration

The “Google Test” is “type your name into Google and see what comes up.”

But what David Meerman Scott is looking for when he Googles you is not the absence of party photos. He’s looking for the presence of content.

“On the Web, you are what you publish,” he says. “For many job seekers, what pops up on Google are a few random things (like your membership in the company softball league), your LinkedIn profile, and not much else.

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