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Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

Guest — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:15:10 -0000

British law student sues Abercrombie-Fitch for disability discrimination.
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Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

Dave S — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:10:08 -0000

Are you kidding me? Directors from eBay? Anyone in the valley can tell you how useless a "director" from eBay is. Might as well hire a PR associate from Yahoo. Facebook is the next Google? How about the next Friendster?

Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

DC — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:29:48 -0000

Regardless, having working with Greg before- he is perfect for the job and someone that I would want to work for.

Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

davemc500hats — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:02:42 -0000

sorry, i guess maybe this is common practice, but still i wonder what happens if/when someone reports on potential hires that don't happen, and/or what happens to other candidates in consideration who aren't covered. feels a little lopsided if you're reporting that prior to them naming someone, and seems like it could impact the outcome...

Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

Eric Rosser Eldon — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:45 -0000

Dave, are you serious? The press regularly covers potential candidates for jobs -- go check out the ubiquitous coverage of potential Yahoo CEO candidates and potential presidential cabinet picks for more on that.

It would be irresponsible of me *not* to publish.

Re: Facebook recruits a new director (or two) from eBay

davemc500hats — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:59:25 -0000

re: Isaacs, since that's not even news yet, I question whether it's responsible reporting. you're potentially inserting yourself into the story (before it's really even a story), with possible impact on both hiring manager, hiree, or other unnamed candidates. might suggest you hold off on such stories until they're final. if you're going to bother reporting on it, perhaps provide more newsworthy background on the work they've done in the past. greg & dan are both solid.