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I don’t think most people will spend time googling your name, beyond maybe looking for a LinkedIn profile or something.
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Profile's old, just haven't bothered changing it.
But I've been heavily involved in recruiting and rarely if ever google a candidate's name
Probs best to email/get in contact with them and ask them to remove it. Most people would search u directly on LinkedIn but some people might Google [your name] LinkedIn and if ur LinkedIn profile is the first search result but that post ur concerned about pops up as the second it could rub many, if not most, people the wrong way, especially considering how Wall Street is fairly conservative/traditional, filled with many legacy Jews at the top. Will also limit ur upward trajectory as it could potentially rub ur clients/network the wrong way, which will make it harder for u to reach VP/MD. Same applies to if u jump to buyside/PE. Potential portco might not be willing to work w u and therefore sell to u if they come across it.
Obviously these are hypotheticals but the risk still stands.
This is illegal - that's why Coalfax was shut down. You can send a cease & desist order
I hope I do not contribute to your anxiety. Perhaps, people will not find anything out while networking / interviewing. Although, as part of your background check (GS/MS/JPM not sure the others) there is a social media / web scrub of you (don’t ask me what they check or how they find things out as I have 0 idea). Someone I know told me he or she was asked by HR about using profanity online on some comments he or she made. As posted above I’d try to get it removed.
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Not going to work for an HR check given you must give your legal name and any aliases. Now they may not do that thorough of a check, but the name thing isn’t going to help.
Honestly you may be entering the wrong industry. Even should you manage to get around these HR checks, which is going to be hard given you must provide your legal name that also matched your transcript and any aliases you have used, it is highly likely to be a topic not acceptable to many of your seniors given the demographics of banking and would eventually be discovered. Not saying that is right or wrong, but it is the reality. I know someone that got into trouble because a client complained about that person’s posts on Twitter, which is incredible they found given the person only had their first name on the account.
You need to do your best see if you can get it scrubbed from all of these websites. If necessary, show up hat in hand and say you had a change of heart.
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It is a client facing/sales role and you outwardly had a very strong view on a highly polarizing subject. Not too dissimilar from if someone held a strong view on something like gay marriage that wasn’t the popularly accepted one at the moment.
I honestly think this is absurd. Most of our clients just have better things to do with their time and even the ones that don't are unlikely to go out of their way to complain about a first year associate unwittingly defending terrorism. Odds are they won't even learn your name for the first few years.
Probably right, but will certainly come up if he ends up ever facing clients or trying to reach senior levels.
I’m also surprised of the insistence there aren’t checks on this. Every finance firm I’ve worked for had an HR department that did a negative news check/search on candidates.
Seems like you may need to swallow your pride here and become an "ex-canary" https://canarymission.org/contact_us
Sucks but its better than it impacting your future.
Lol they don’t just throw you up on Canary Mission for trying to save the whales. You might have some answering to do, whether it be during recruiting or otherwise…
Exactly my thoughts. Just bizarre someone thinks they are going to go into one of the most Jewish industries and publicly hold and continue to defend these views and not have any problems lol. The second it is found out, it is not going to be pretty.
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