Post #461407 by Dr. Zarkov on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 7:07 AM

On 2009-06-13 06:06, Tiki_KT wrote:
Hello all,

Please let me reassure you that my request is completely above board.

The brief that I have been given by my potential employer is a live brief they are working on which is due to launch this summer, so any work and planning will be very much under way. They have just shared it with me to see how I would approach it, how I think, what my ideas are and of course it will give them an idea of my presenting style.

It's a great job and there will no doubt be some stiff competition, I was just posting on here to do a bit of extra research in order to give my final ideas some authenticity and to hopefully show in the interview that I have thought about my ideas and have some degree of initiative.

Thank you very much for all of your thoughts and feedback, once again I cannot underline enough that this is a genuine and sincere request.

Thanks,

Katie x

If I was wrong in the suspicion I voiced at the end of my reply, I apologize. I hope you do a bang-up presentation and get the job, Katie. However, I am still unhappy that the potential employer is doing this to you. Even if the marketing campaign is in its beginning stages, they can still make use of the information you generate without giving you the job or proper compensation.

As for Woofmutt's comment, I am aware that people come here all the time looking for commercial assistance. But I think there is a big difference between someone asking for help when building a bar or trying to sell something and being aboveboard about what they are doing, and using deception to get other folks to do their work for them. But if other folks on Tiki Central don't mind, I guess I am being overly sensitive about this and should just shut up