So now we learn that College Journalists Want To Erase Their Past From Google.
This raises all kinds of issues, the heaviest of which are (1) the whole notion of what a college education is supposed to be and (2) what a corporate "HR" department is supposed to be. OK, so you write something at 18 that you hesitate to put on your "book" at 22 for fear that some HR drone somewhere won't be amused. Are recruiters supposed to be screening for perfection? Silly me, I thought it was all about talent. Do we want to hire humanoids with no flaws or human beings with with a lot of upside? Graduates, know this: if you spent the majority of your time the past four years learning, growing and expanding your consciousness, you spent it well. If all you did was obsess on not making mistakes, you squandered it. As for any HR-type looking for Mr. Perfect and Ms. Flawless, and discarding anything "less", you're going to miss out on the very talent you're trying to score. And you'll deserve what you end up with.
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