Finally, be cognizant of using company laptops that may be in your possession. Information residing in hidden files on the the laptop can give you away !
You may think you deleted information but "hidden files" are a reality and are not always wiped out by pressing the Delete button.
We know of one company that actually intercepts all incoming / outgoing e-mails of their employees; be they personal or business, be it a desktop or laptop computer. To date, this particular company has never informed it's employees of this questionable tactic.
Here is what happens...employees at this particular organization using company computers for e-mail are unaware that all of their correspondence is also automatically being routed to a computer in the office an executive within that company !!!
Inexpensive software is available to you such as History Kill and others. This type of software will eliminate those hidden files, but it is usually against company policy to install these type of tools on company owned computers. If it is prohibited and you install it, you'll likely get caught. If it is not prohibited and you install it, your boss might be asking why it is there.
It's a no win situation. You might be employed for Big Brother, he may be watching and he can get away with it. Simply watch your use of company owned computers.
One closing thought....
Many people publish their resume on a personal Home Page. If you have done this a savvy recruiter, your company, or a person with no need to know, may find you merely by typing in a simple or more complex Boolean string within a search engine such as Google, All The Web, Visvismo, Alta Vista and numerous search engines.
You could also be found on a ListServ or a Users Group within Yahoo or another such place.
If these methods do not work, there are those Spiders mentioned earlier or possibly deployment of another tool known as a Bot. Just one more piece of software you have learned about. Due to aggressive marketing by the authors of this software and the inexpensive price, their use is on the upswing by companies and predators alike.
If you placed your credentials or personal information on a Home Page several years ago, chances are you can still be discovered...even on an expired web page !
Here again is an example of where technology "could" benefit you. Then to....this same technology can put your personal information in the wrong hands.
This all may sound complicated in some respects, but in reality it is not. You can be found.
Is it worth the potential risks to expose yourself ?
If this has been an informative web page and if Real Time NetWork can be of any assistance to you, feel free to e-mail us from a home computer. Send inquiries to mjh@rtnetwork.net
Once your credentials are removed from the Internet, and we can verify that, we'll commence your confidential career search.
Do a colleague or friend a favor today !
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