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The Google

Google continues to rise. It topped Fortune’s top 100 corporations for 2007, and everybody knows that joining the ranks at Google is the next best thing to winning the lottery. As of March 31, 2008, there were about 19,156 full-time employees enjoying freebies like free gourmet food and other incredible benefits that include unlimited number of sick days! The only complaint Google employees have is the weight gained from all the free food and M&Ms.

Once you’re a noogler (new employee), you will not be taking along your rolling briefcase or men’s briefcase to work. You will need your swimsuit to unwind at the company’s swimming spa during official hours, or have a brisk massage to ease that stiff neck from all that web work. That’s how wonderful it is to work for Google; no wonder, the company receives about 1,300 job applications daily.

If you tour the Google complex, you’ll find all the latest sports or hybrid cars acquired by the young employees with a $5,000 subsidy from the company. Shouldn’t you be polishing up that resume by now? But how can you get past the door with all the competition? You need a buddy in there who can refer you to the hiring department and who supooses you can contribute to the company’s growth. By the way, before you get all keyed up, agency resumes are not entertained.

What It Takes to Be a Noogler

Take your pick of the Google’s locations - Mountain View, New York, Seattle/Kirkland, and Phoenix in the US, Switzerland, UK, India, Russia, Asia Pacific region, Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. You’ll be needing your passport cover or holder, if you’ve set your sights on any of the international offices.

It’s a myth that Google requires only the nerds; they need other skills. The company needs account managers, administrative staff, and janitors. Nerds get the jobs for software engineers, engineering site directors, and tech lead managers.

A way to get noticed by the big bosses is tackling the Google Code Jam contest where you’ll pit talents with the world’s brightest nerds. For this competition, you have to crack thorny algorithmic puzzlers in just two hours. If you make it to the top 100, you’ll be flown to the Google HQ in Mountain View. Think you can handle it?

Well, becoming a Google employee is easier if you’re a computer geek, a veteran computer techie, or a computer or accounting student; hence, get ready for the long trek to Google paradise. It’s the place to be and where you’ll belong.