Good References
Good friends are good. So, I'm bidding on this short-term contract project. (As an aside: wish me luck!)
Anyway, I was just talking with my friend and former employer Don, asking him if I could use him as a reference for this contract. I told him about the project, about the solution I was pitching, and also about what I had told the client about the work Don and I had done together.
"Look," said Don. "Here's how my standard reference conversation for David Brady goes. It goes like this:
"...hello? Yeah? Yes, I know Dave. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay, look, how long are you planning to hire him for? Two months? Okay, yeah, if it's just for two months, I can be a great reference for him.
"Well, see, the thing is, about the end of Summer, I need to hire him back, so I can't in good faith recommend him to you if you're going to want him that long."
Good friends are good. I laughed, and then Don got serious. "You're laughing. But I have done this to you before. And, as I recall, it worked."
Indeed it did. And as I recall, I worked for Don again that Summer.
Wish me luck. Good friends are good.
Oh, and here's to next Summer.
Anyway, I was just talking with my friend and former employer Don, asking him if I could use him as a reference for this contract. I told him about the project, about the solution I was pitching, and also about what I had told the client about the work Don and I had done together.
"Look," said Don. "Here's how my standard reference conversation for David Brady goes. It goes like this:
"...hello? Yeah? Yes, I know Dave. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay, look, how long are you planning to hire him for? Two months? Okay, yeah, if it's just for two months, I can be a great reference for him.
"Well, see, the thing is, about the end of Summer, I need to hire him back, so I can't in good faith recommend him to you if you're going to want him that long."
Good friends are good. I laughed, and then Don got serious. "You're laughing. But I have done this to you before. And, as I recall, it worked."
Indeed it did. And as I recall, I worked for Don again that Summer.
Wish me luck. Good friends are good.
Oh, and here's to next Summer.