Previous colleague (not very reliable) asking to send him a copy of cv : will you?

Thomas3

starrybee wrote: »

I too am confused and think I've missed something.

Weren't you getting in touch with these contacts in order to help you find work? So surely you'd expect them to ask for a cv if they think they have something?

Frankly I had my own way to find work which was using a specific jobboard [usually (before I become unemployed for more than a year) it does not take more than two weeks before a first interview].

The person asking for my CV is in on linkedin network and I though that he could refer me to the person directly.

I still do not trust this person as stated in the title of my thread ('not reliable').

Thomas3

badskindollheart wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that 1. You are a contractor, 2. They are contractors and so, 3. You are in direct competition with your former colleagues for contracts? Is this the issue?

Does your CV indicate the rates you have been paid for work? I.e. something other contractors would be interested in?

Personally, I would only send my CV to someone who I had had a conversation with that went "Send me your CV and I'll pass it on to HR/project manager etc".

Whilst I can't see that any harm or "humiliation" can come to you, by sending a CV to former colleagues, I just can't see the logic in sending a CV to random people who are in no position to offer employment.

He is a contractor (just like me) and he wanted I send him my see to 'see what he get for me'.

Thomas3

persa wrote: »

I wouldn't send my CV to any current or past colleagues in the same line of work as me. I've spent a lot of time working out what I've done and how to measure that - some of them would copy and paste into their own CVs. Why help the direct competition?

The only exception is that after we both left the same company he had a better promotion with another company at a higher position than mine. Now, he became a contractor just like me.

Ivrytwr3

I'd get someone to read over you CV if your posts are anything to go by.

Thomas3

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

I'd get someone to read over you CV if your posts are anything to go by.

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean exactly.

anamenottaken

Thomas3 wrote: »

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean exactly.

Consider the sentence construction.

For example, "I still does not trust this person . . . "

Thomas3

anamenottaken wrote: »

For example, "I still does not trust this person . . . "

For this grammatical mistake it is just a careless mistake.

Obviously I wanted to write : "I still do not trust this person . . . " instead of "I still does not trust this person . . . "

RichardD1970

Thomas3 wrote: »

For this grammatical mistake it is just a careless mistake.

Obviously I wanted to write : "I still do not trust this person . . . " instead of "I still does not trust this person . . . "

OK, but what about this one?

Thomas3 wrote: »

He is a contractor (just like me) and he wanted I send him my see to 'see what he get for me'.

No shame in getting help with literacy no matter who you are.

DCFC79

OP ask for an email address for who ever does the recruiting or even contact the firm and enquire about any jobs.

Thomas3

DCFC79 wrote: »

OP ask for an email address for who ever does the recruiting or even contact the firm and enquire about any jobs.

You are definitively right. At the end I refused to send him my cv but now will start contacting my connections to see if they can refer me to someone that may need my IT services.