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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001202/fb3bf6ce/attachment.pgp