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Subject:Re: Interviews and Portfolios From:"Olive, Eric" <EOlive -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:06:20 -0500
Absolutely. Never use samples unless you have first obtained permission from
your client/employer.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Ross [SMTP:beth -at- VCUBED -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 9:03 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Interviews and Portfolios
>
> When I interviewed for my current position, I did not even bring examples
> of
> certain technical documentation I had done for my former employer. All of
> those documents were covered under NDA (non-disclosure agreement).
> Although
> my current company would have like to have seen these samples, they
> settled
> very happily for viewing software user manuals that were publicly
> available
> and the knowledge that they were hiring someone with enough integrity to
> honour confidentiality even when interviewing elsewhere.
>
> Elizabeth Ross
> Technical Writer
> V3 Semiconductor Corp.
> beth -at- vcubed -dot- com
>http://www.vcubed.com
>
>
>
