Hi John. Is Foo afraid to hire you because of Quux backlash (legal, etc.)? If not, call them up and insist they hire you directly. If you don't have a contract with Quux, they are just blowing smoke. Even if you do, it probably doesn't include your circumstances of having an inside contact. Sorry to hear about this. I hope it works out. Timothy On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Houck thouck at thouck.com www.thouck.com