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Subject:Re: ethical problem/job hunting From:Laurence Burrows <burrows -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:07:17 +1100
Barry Kieffer wrote:
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...do not FAX your resume out using your company's FAX machine...
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...or use their letterhead, envelopes, courier account, binders or "with
compliments" cards...
I have seen all of these gotchas in job applications.
Putting on my company Director's hat, I *always* eliminate job applicants
who steal from their previous employers, because that's what they will do
to me...sooner or later.
On the other hand, the submission that shows that the applicant:
1. Read and understood the ad (and even called up for clarification),
2. Meets the deadline, and
3. Spelling checks their stuff before printing it;
