Re: Interviews and Portfolios and References

[Barry Kieffer <barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM>]

Oh, common Wally, share...

What could you be afraid of, never getting hired again?

Oh, your right, never mind.

-Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wally Glassett [SMTP:wallyg1 -at- pacbell -dot- net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:02 AM
> To:   Kieffer, Barry; TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      RE: Interviews and Portfolios and References
>
> Re: References
>
> If this list wasn't quite so public I would share some very funny accounts
> of what recruiting firms have asked my references about me over the years
> -
> clearly Scott Adams material...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
> [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Barry Kieffer
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 9:18 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Interviews and Portfolios and References
>
>
> References? Barry giggles, come on, everybody has at least one friend who
> will vouch for a technical writers expertise.
>
> References don't mean diddley.
>
> I once had a co-worker tell me that she would be happy to be a reference
> for
> me.
>
> She went on to say that for some of her other friends she has posed as
> their
> immediate supervisor and raved about their talents and how they were team
> players and able to work totally alone without any supervision, ect...
>
> I'll take my chances on a portfolio over a voice on the phone.
>
> Barry, eternal skeptic.
>
>
>         Cam wrote:
> > however most ask for references.
>
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