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Employers Trolling for Current Employee Resumes?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-you-put-yourself-out-there-you're-at-risk dept.

powderhound asks: "Recently, my employer started looking for new employees and started to find the resumes of current employees on the job Web sites. I've heard that management was not pleased. In the old days, before Web job sites, you could job hunt with relative certainty that your current employer would not find out until you gave notice. Now, any employer wishing to check on their employee's desire to find a new job need only sign up on the job Web sites and start trolling. How do we, as employees looking to change jobs, protect ourselves from possible discovery, and even worse, retribution? What have you done to protect yourself? Do you think employers are trolling job sites for their own employees?"

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  1. Trolling? by cammoblammo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Umm, isn't the word 'trawling?'

    Then again, I'd love to mod my employer down...

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  2. My boss by Brandybuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    My boss usually asks me where I'm sending my resume and if they have any management positions open...

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    Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
  3. Re:The Real Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or you could move to somewhere that has more sensible employment legislation, like France.

  4. Re:The Real Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    I think the US should give South Carolina to France (as a gift, you see...), and, then, make a reality TV show out of it!