Be wary about giving your email addy to recruiters

Did he ask if you were really an alcoholic like Barney from the Simpsons?

 

Yep, it's a hard fact: If you're going to post something on the internet, be sure it's something you don't mind anybody being able to find. In this age of information, it's all too easy to do research on someone.

I remember a while back a grade school teacher was fired for posting pics of her drinking alcoholic beverages at some party, IIRC, on her Facebook page.

 

I have a yahoo e-mail address that I use for any paperwork that asks for an e-mail address.

My real e-mail address is only given to those whom I wish to have it.

 

You must have posted your email address somewhere and he did a search on that. It will show up just like a company name does. Then it's just connect the dots for Inspector Clousteau. I googled werner trainer crap and guess what comes up?
TTR! and all posts including those words. F-M anyway! It's protected speech, at least until NDAA section 1031 is signed suspending Habeas Corpus and allowing military troops to arrest and detain you indefinitely without a trial for "Suspicion of Terrorist Activities" or some other nonsense. Oh....my bad.....Obama actually signed that Jan. 1st, 2012. Well then, you'd better watch what you say.(puts tinfoil hat back on)......Shhh....they might be listening.........

 

I just did a search of my e-mail address (addy) and I came up with nothing concerning me personally.
Not even a hint.
And, I don't have multiple 'addy's'.

addy
Is it so hard to type address?

Maybe one of you can snag my addy and tell me something about myself that I don't like.

 

I did as well a few different forums but bah I have 2 and if your that worried might as well put on that tin hat

 

Sign up for a free hotmail account or some bogus yahoo account and just use that for this sorta stuff. Never post online with legit emails...

 

Interesting. I've heard of companies that do pretty intense social networking checks, but not in the trucking industry.

It is not an invasion of privacy, because it is information you posted publicly and therefore with no expectation of privacy. I certainly understand your frustration with it though, because it doesn't seem like you should be judged on it. I got a stern talking to recently because of some comments I made to a friend regarding driving a vehicle off a cliff. It was a long-standing joke between us. Basically that the only way to get a new ambulance would be to drive our current one off a cliff. We certainly were never serious, and it was just that typical "around the water cooler" BS. Apparently some people didn't view it that way.

Another option would be to create a second "professional" E-mail if you will and only use that for work-related things (applications, communication with employer, etc), and then not provide your personal email. Thanks for the heads up and the reminder...