Speaking of headhunters/consulting firms/etc, how many people here are/were consultants, and how many liked it? I've have a consulting firm that won't leave me alone, and the money that they claim I would make is pretty impressive. I've heard bad stories about being a consultant though. I don't wanna get stuck doing work at some stuffy lawfirm for 6 months or anything like that. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [mailto:blutgens at sistina.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 10:20 AM > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] advice [OT] > > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 06:55:30AM -0600, Eric Stanley wrote: > >Here's a suggestion for the future. Put a copyright notice on your > >resume, something like > > > > Copyright (C) 2000 John Q. Public. All rights reserved. No > > duplication or distribution permitted without > the author's > > permission. > > I'd put "express written consent on a per distribution basis" > then they have > to have a written letter from you saying "You may present my > resume to foo and > bar" > > > > >That way if they do give it to someone without your permission, you > >can hold the flame of copyright law to their feet to get them to back > >off. > > > >I'm not sure whether this would work, but it may be worth a try. Any > >feedback? > > > >Eric > > > >On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:38:55AM -0600, John J. Trammell wrote: > >> Hello LUGgers: > >> > >> I'm a newbie in the job search arena, and could use some advice > >> on how to avoid a certain situation in the future. > >> > >> Say, hypothetically speaking, that you have a friend that just > >> got a new job at company Foo via job-finding company Quux (rhymes > >> with "sucks", as in "rat bastard fuckers die die die") Jobfinders > >> Inc. > >> > >> This friend encourages you to apply for another position that's > >> open at Foo; you do this, and in addition you ask the boys at Quux > >> to see if they can locate some position for you. > >> > >> You find yourself fucked, because what does Quux do but send your > >> resume off to Foo? Now Foo wants to hire you, but Quux says that > >> Foo owes them some sort of finder's fee, even though you have a > >> contact of your own at Foo, and really didn't get anything from > >> Quux. Foo won't hire you because this fee is exorbitant, and > >> why the hell should Quux get dime one anyhow? > >> > >> So how do other people manage this situation? My thought is that > >> I should have made some agreement with Quux from the beginning that > >> they had to have my permission to send my resume to Foo; once this > >> was done, Foo was "theirs" and if they found a job there, they were > >> entitled to the fee. This would leave me free to search on my own > >> at Bar and Baz, Inc. > >> > >> Any other ways out of this? > >> > >> Regards, > >> J > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> tclug-list mailing list > >> tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 http://www.sistina.com/ > Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.3951 > Code Monkey Support (A.K.A. System Administrator) > Key fingerprint = A69A 118D 710B 8EB0 DC3B D912 2F19 311A 02DD 1908 >