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Subject:Re: How do you respond to job ads? From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:47:49 -0600
> Maybe Andrew's approach is a little mean, but he has a valid point. The ability
> to follow instruction matters. If it takes being a little mean to get that point
> across, so be it.
Not hiring the person should be sufficient to get the point across,
IMHO. Saying "you're a bad bad boy but I'll hire you at a lower rate" is
a bizarre compromise (once again, IMHO).
