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Subject:Re: Need advice - being criticized for helping From:"Caroline Briggs (Pachaud) (Exchange)" <carolinp -at- EXCHANGE -dot- MICROSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 May 1999 21:21:22 -0700
I agree that most jobs are filled by people who network, and I don't think
that's a bad thing. I certainly don't think that using one's professional
contacts, even at one remove, qualify as laziness. I would not
indiscriminately pass on job leads, though. After all, your reputation is at
stake, right? If you let someone use your name as a reference, even just to
get a foot in the door, you're saying that you believe the person is
reliable, qualified, etc.
