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Subject:Re: Resumes From:d r <writeagain -at- JUNO -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 21 Feb 1997 13:13:13 EST
Mark,
Why not put yourself in that person's place and figure out how you might
want someone to break that news to you. Sometimes this helps you bring
things to a place where you say what you want to say but with a different
attitude.
D.R.
writeagain -at- juno -dot- com
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:07:53 -0800 "Mark L. Levinson" <mark -at- memco -dot- co -dot- il>
writes:
>I can say no to a resume
>without a backward glance. I get lots of 'em. Most writers don't even
>follow them up with phone calls.
>
> ** I hate being pestered on the phone by jobseekers.
> Anyone know a tactful way of saying "We haven't
> given up yet on trying to find someone better
> than you?"
>
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