[Web4lib] Your Recent URI Application

[Robert Balliot]

This interview started off with the Director of Capital Projects at
URI asking me if I was wearing a recording device and explaining financial
methods  and means I could use to bribe the committee members to receive
consideration for the position.

There is a tradition here:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/North_Providence_Corruption_Arre_05-07-10_H5I_v20.1fbc2d2.html

<http://www.projo.com/news/content/North_Providence_Corruption_Arre_05-07-10_H5I_v20.1fbc2d2.html>
**
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=university+of+rhode+island+diprete&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&cid=4385217443791439

http://www.projo.com/education/content/FELNER_PLEA_01-07-10_G9H17DV_v11.3a629d8.html

So, I guess that sort of dialog should not be entirely unexpected. But,
imagine going for a University job interview with people you don't know,
have never met before telling you how you could bribe them for a public
records library job.  Weird times.

BTW - The  University of Rhode Island <http://www.uri.edu/>  Human Resources
Department *did not* include a going bribe rate in the qualifications and
advertisment for the position.

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com





---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Your Recent URI Application
To: humanres at etal.uri.edu


Dear URI Human Resources,

When the interview started off with the committee members discussing ways I
could bribe them to get the job, I did not expect that I would meet URI's
qualifications. It was obviously not about qualifications, but *entitlement*
for State employment.


Sincerely,
Robert L. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com




On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:08 AM, <humanres at etal.uri.edu> wrote:

> Dear Applicant:
> Thank you for applying for the  Curator, University Records Vault, Office
> of Capital Projects position/posting number 6000095 in the Capital Projects
> Department at the University of Rhode Island.   We enjoyed the opportunity
> to meet with you at your recent interview. After your qualifications were
> carefully evaluated, another candidate was selected based upon the criteria
> established for this position. Thank you again for your interest in URI, and
> we hope that you will continue to consider URI as an employer of choice. We
> encourage you to visit our web site jobs.uri.edu to view current job
> postings.
>
> We wish you success in your efforts to secure rewarding employment.
>