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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
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Subject: Re: Advertising is bad
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Date: 7 Feb 91 19:02:50 GMT
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In article <1991Feb5.192632.20536@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> spm2d@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven P. Miale) writes:
>In article <156606@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes:
>>> Advertising is evil.
>>
>>Guess what, your resume is advertising too.  If you really feel the way
>>you do about *all* forms of advertising, remember, that resume is your
>>personal ad.  Sending intro letters to potential employers is advertis-
>>ing.  Better throw those applications in the trash can, now.
>
>Resumes aren't evil. Calling up bosses every day and say "Hey! Will you
>hire me?" gets annoying. Doesn't it?

Furthermore, most of the resumes you send out are in direct response to a
SOLICITATION to do so (help wanted ad in the paper, for example). And you
only send ONE resume, not one every six months, not one to "John J. Ceo"
and one to "John Ceo" and one to "J. Ceo." On top of all that, a resume
is primarily informational. About the only similarity between junk mail
and a resume is the fact that the vast majority of both end up in the trash
can.

>>> invasive,
>>
>>No more invasive than you allow.  If you don't like an ad, ignore it.
>>It will cost you all of 2 minutes to sort thru some junk mail and toss
>>it. 
>
>OK, then. Now, please give us your address. Why? Because I want to fill
>out all those cards in magazines like Computer Shopper and such to receive
>merchandiser advertisements and be put on their mailing lists. Since
>you clearly LOVE to get junk mail, I'd think you'd consider this a
>blessing.

Why not do what the junk mailers do and get the address from a mailing list
service WITHOUT HIS CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE? After all, you're doing him a
service by telling all those companies to send him all that useful and
informative material.


-- 
Scott Coleman                                                      tmkk@uiuc.edu

"Unisys has demonstrated the power of two. That's their stock price today."
       - Scott McNealy on the history of mergers in the computer industry.