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Comments: 1 +-   Online Nicknames Google better than Real? on Saturday November 24 2007, @05:57AM

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An anonymous reader writes "I was recently laid off, and during several of the interviews looking for a new job as a mid level IT manager, I was asked "So, I can just Google your name and find some of your work?" The answer is "yes", but searching for my name doesn't really bring up many results compared to searching for my online nickname which I have been using for about a decade. I am very tempted just to put that nickname on my resume. Is the professional, albeit technical, world ready for this step? Where should I put it? At the top or somewhere in the body?"
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  • Pretty clearly the employers who try to Google prospective employees haven't thought it through.

    The problem is duplicate names. My name isn't that common, but DAGS tells me I've done a bunch of things I didn't know I've done. For example, I'm:

    A maker of fine furniture in Port Orford, WA.
    The ex-mayor of a small southern California town (and a bit of a jerk in the process)
    A bicycle racer
    A basketball coach in the LA area
    The head of security for a Louisiana casino
    The spokesman for a Florida national park worrie
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