RE: Re: What to do about a recommendation?

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Gene Kim=Eng wrote:

"conducting that honest end-of-contract
review should put an end to any desire the contractor
may have for references."

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Or any desire to work for this company again.

Failure to deal with a problem directly and immediately is plain old sloppy
human resource management.  The issue here is not that the contractor's work
or person is sloppy and doesn't fit -- contractors are human resources and
deserve the same management and direction that "real" employees receive even
if it might need to be filtered through an agency.

If asked "would you hire this person again", an honest (and legal) answer at
this point would be "if we have a project where they would be a good fit, of
course we would."  If your back was against the wall and they were the only
candidate, you would welcome them back and use their skills until you didn't
need them any more, and either make do or deal with the problems that came
up on the first run.

Dori Green
Technical Writer, QMS Project
Associated Brands, Inc.

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