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Google is a powerful name, no matter what you did there. It got Google on your friends' resumes, so certainly that has some impact to some recruiters.
by lucasmullens 10y ago
Google is a powerful name, no matter what you did there. It got Google on your friends' resumes, so certainly that has some impact to some recruiters.
- parennoob 10y agoIt certainly seems so to those of us who work in tech, but is that true for "real" newspapers? I'd imagine (and perhaps even hope) that when interviewing for a newspaper job at, say, the New York Times, "Reporter for [unknown local newspaper]" would carry more weight than "Curator of social media at [third party] contracting for Facebook".
- toyg 10y agoA "newspaper job", how quaint! Most editorial jobs nowadays want exactly "social media curator at <Big Internet Co>", because that's where the market is going.
- shostack 10y agoPerhaps if they are switching fields to one where people aren't knowledgeable about the actual role. To those of us who have encountered the people in the example, the AdSense sales reps, on an ongoing basis...yeah, I'm not sure that would win them any bonus points.
- home_boi 10y agoIs it really? I'm thinking about the reverse case with a Software Engineer at a bulge bracket bank, which isn't seen as a resume boost at all.
- clappski 10y agoI think it depends what you do there. If you're a quant developer, or actually working in the investment bank (rather than retail) it's a really good thing to have on your CV. Especially if you actually want to work in fintech.
- ucaetano 10y agoYes, in the worst case it will help your resume be picked up from a very large pile of nearly identical profiles. Unlike SWE, journalism (and many other careers) isn't really a career where recruiters just jump at you from the bushes if you're distracted. A lot of people actually go on unpaid internships to try and get a job.