This is a little disconcerting.  Although a few of the comments made during
this discussion have been a tad unprofessional, to avidly search for posts
by people to find out the negative comments they have made seems a little
extreme.

I would agree that someone who is always negative about pay, work
conditions, etc. is probably bad for an institution, but anyone can have a
bad day(s) and need to vent.

Chris Goodlett
Curator of Collections
Kentucky Derby Museum



>From: Dennis Kois <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: job listings response/professionalism on-list
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:06:38 -0400
>
>As Beth Petriello said yesterday:
>
> >"You should also be careful about the tone you take when dismissing job
> >vacancies posted here - the participants of this list may be in a
>position
> >to hire you some day."
>
>I just thought I'd point out that when I am considering a candidate for a
>position, I always search the Museum-L archive for their email address to
>see
>what, if anything, they've posted in the last year or two. I know several
>other people at my institution do this as well.
>
>Of course, the vast majority of these searches turn up nothing, as the vast
>majority of museum folk don't post to museum-L. But if it turned up the
>kinds
>of unprofessional comments that some posted in response to yesterdays job
>listing, I would think twice about hiring that individual.
>
>Everyone is entitled to opine and critique as they wish- but do it in a
>professional manner. This is a very public forum and you never know when
>something you said without a second thought could come back to bite you in
>the rear.
>
>Dennis Kois
>Assistant Manager of Design
>The Metropolitan Museum of Art
>New York
>
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