[nabs-l] [humanser] Acting as a reference/boundaries

[Carly Mihalakis]

Evening, Kaiti,

Sounds like a match made within godly ethereal space to me. Hell, if 
it's okay with your friend, go ahead and name her. I mean, sounds 
like the program needs a tech person and your friend needs 
experience/resum`e matter. Why wouldn't you feel good about this?
Let us know.
Care PM 1/22/2016, Kaiti Shelton via humanser wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>First, please excuse me if sending to either of these list is out of
>place.  I'm not exactly sure where to go for advice on this as it
>doesn't strike me as a typical issue for a student to have.
>
>I have been involved with an agency for the blind in my hometown for a
>very long time, first as a client and later as a volunteer while I was
>in high school.  I still keep in touch with the music therapists who
>work there as they have been great mentors and role models for me.  I
>am in the process of composing an email to check in to them, and was
>wondering if I should mention that someone I know is applying for a
>job there.  I wouldn't normally mention it since they are going for a
>general office position, but this person knows how to use technology
>to produce braille music and I've always seen quality work from them.
>This would be a great resource to the music program as they have the
>technology and have been looking for someone with the know-how to use
>it for years.  It also is more in lign with hthis person's degree, but
>I have already agreed to serve as a reference if references are
>needed.  Would I be overstepping my bounds in mentioning them in the
>most annonymous way possible (like I am referring to them in this
>message) to current employees?  I would not want to jeopardize their
>chances of getting the job, but as I have never served as an official
>reference before I don't know if this is harmless or something that
>could boost the chances, or if I should just mention it if I am called
>by HR.
>
>Any advice on this would be appreciated.
>
>--
>Kaiti Shelton
>
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