Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hubcap!fpst From: fpst@hubcap.UUCP (Dennis Stevenson) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: recommendations from teachers Message-ID: <320@hubcap.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Jul-87 16:29:22 EDT Article-I.D.: hubcap.320 Posted: Sat Jul 18 16:29:22 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 01:14:22 EDT References: <6633@mhuxu.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 13 Summary: A prof answers about recommendations. In article <6633@mhuxu.UUCP>, davims@mhuxu.UUCP writes: > [...] crumm recommendations I've been on both sides of the coin - I did a lot of interviewing etc of job candidates when in industy and now I'm in academia. I simply tell them that I cannot give them a recommendation. I've only hand the problem once. Of late, I find a lot more companies are calling direct and questioning me. I'll be honest, I like that system better - it cuts out the c---. Steve