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 > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).