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Am I the only person that sees no issue with this? If a company is paying you, in a sense you're working for them.
I have a friend who worked as a contractor under 1099 for Google and was collecting a paycheck from them for 2 years. Does this mean she can't put them on her resume since she wasn't a full time employee there? No, she puts them on because that's where her paycheck came from.
I have a college on my resume that I did a 6-month study abroad program through. I paid them, the check I wrote was to that school, so they're on my resume as a school that I got an education from. I didn't get any type of degree, so I didn't write about a degree, but some would say that simply having this (VERY prestigious) school on your resume would be lying if you didn't *actually* go there. I say, I wrote the check to them for an educational program, so they're on my resume.
Am I the only person that sees no issue with this? If a company is paying you, in a sense you're working for them.
I have a friend who worked as a contractor under 1099 for Google and was collecting a paycheck from them for 2 years. Does this mean she can't put them on her resume since she wasn't a full time employee there? No, she puts them on because that's where her paycheck came from.
I have a college on my resume that I did a 6-month study abroad program through. I paid them, the check I wrote was to that school, so they're on my resume as a school that I got an education from. I didn't get any type of degree, so I didn't write about a degree, but some would say that simply having this (VERY prestigious) school on your resume would be lying if you didn't *actually* go there. I say, I wrote the check to them for an educational program, so they're on my resume.
Google pays a lot of people for ad words. Doesn't make you an employee, in one sense.
Why would working at Google get you more interviews? They run a nice little ad selling business but otherwise it is pretty meh. Unless you were directly involved in setting up their ad business, I don't see otherwise how that would get you more interviews.
Am I the only person that sees no issue with this? If a company is paying you, in a sense you're working for them.
I have a friend who worked as a contractor under 1099 for Google and was collecting a paycheck from them for 2 years. Does this mean she can't put them on her resume since she wasn't a full time employee there? No, she puts them on because that's where her paycheck came from.
The OP got money for renting out space in his blog... he didn't work for Google. Is it really that hard to comprehend the difference? If you sold goods on ebay, do you claim to work for ebay? If you did an free online course from Stanford, do you claim to have attended Stanford? Maybe if I bought a coffee cup from the Harvard gift shop, I could claim I attended Harvard?
A contractor does not go through the very vigorous hiring that Google is well known for. That is a fact. She can put it on her resume, but she should mention she was a contractor (or employee whatever contracting firm) for X project at Google.
Those of us in the industry know the difference. Xooglers brings knowledge, credibility, and access to their network (there is an official alumni network that Google maintains and tracks). That is why they are sought after.
He is a liar, there is no "sorta" about it. He didn't have offers..he has enquiries from recruiters. He is ruining his own reputation, and also those of his former colleagues who recommended him to their startups.
The OP got money for renting out space in his blog... he didn't work for Google. Is it really that hard to comprehend the difference? If you sold goods on ebay, do you claim to work for ebay? If you did an free online course from Stanford, do you claim to have attended Stanford? Maybe if I bought a coffee cup from the Harvard gift shop, I could claim I attended Harvard?
A contractor does not go through the very vigorous hiring that Google is well known for. That is a fact. She can put it on her resume, but she should mention she was a contractor (or employee whatever contracting firm) for X project at Google.
Those of us in the industry know the difference. Xooglers brings knowledge, credibility, and access to their network (there is an official alumni network that Google maintains and tracks). That is why they are sought after.
He is a liar, there is no "sorta" about it. He didn't have offers..he has enquiries from recruiters. He is ruining his own reputation, and also those of his former colleagues who recommended him to their startups.
I get his point though. Just by placing certain keywords or companies on your resume, it's almost like having an additional diploma or certification. Again, what if you technically worked there for a week? Not long enough to really DO anything. But you could list it, and the offers would start rolling in.
Welcome to the world of the brainless HR assistant and resume parsing software. We are all commodities now.
I think it depends on how you framed it in your linkedin profile. eg. there is a huge difference between
Marketing Consultant, Google
- x duties
- y duties
as opposed to Adwords Partner, Google
- x duties
- y duties
My second example would be the more truthful of the two....so if you framed it like that...that wouldn't be lying at all, because you are a partner with adwords and Google is the one who pays you. If you're flubbing things so that it actually looks like you're working at HQ then yes that is a lie.
Am I the only person that sees no issue with this? If a company is paying you, in a sense you're working for them.
I have a friend who worked as a contractor under 1099 for Google and was collecting a paycheck from them for 2 years. Does this mean she can't put them on her resume since she wasn't a full time employee there? No, she puts them on because that's where her paycheck came from.
I have a college on my resume that I did a 6-month study abroad program through. I paid them, the check I wrote was to that school, so they're on my resume as a school that I got an education from. I didn't get any type of degree, so I didn't write about a degree, but some would say that simply having this (VERY prestigious) school on your resume would be lying if you didn't *actually* go there. I say, I wrote the check to them for an educational program, so they're on my resume.
Well first of all, I think the OP is just pointing out how much people place an emphasis on big names on resume. But otherwise, let's be realistic, people are giving him so much attention because Google wanted him as an employee and people seem to place alot of trust him google picking him(if google saw something in him he must be great).If he goes with this you can guarantee as soon as he is found out he will be kicked out the door.
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