Since I moved to Minneapolis in June, I've been a contractor. Well, except for a two week stint at NWA from which I resigned. Being a contractor is nice, and every place I've contracted has offered me a job. So far I haven't taken/stayed at one... I'm kinda picky that way. Timothy On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Austad, Jay wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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