I thought they could not send your resume to someone before contacting you. This would be a total violation of privacy. (Unless of course you have signed something!) I would call the attorney general of MN and explain the situation. What I am thinking is that they would call this "Quux" and stop this harrashment. Apu "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