Proud Galleries can eat a dick
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From: Asif
Subject: Your job ad......isnt going down very well in the design community...
http://www.qbn.com/topics/612442…Is this true?
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From: "Alex Proud" <> wrote:
Subject:RE Your job ad...How funny and how sad that something so dull and procedural bothers them!
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From: Asif
Subject: Your job ad...Alex – I thought your email was a bit reactionary... I think you have a real issue here from a PR point of view and I’m sorry I gave you the heads up on what the design community thinks about this sort of job advertisement. Instead of sending out childish emails you should really be amending your HR policy so you eliminate any potential legal issues... If a candidate sends in a resume without a photo and you don’t look at it then that could be considered as indirect discrimination – its easy enough to prove if someone wants to pick a fight with your gallery... Seriously protect yourself
It bothers me Alex that after taking all the risks of going to art college these young designers have put up with this – designers should be hired on their talent (its the only way to go) and not on the shallow desires of idiots like yourself who just want to window dress their shop – its obvious the Proud Galleries doesn’t like creative people and refuses to qualify a fair employer...
Sorry for pointing this out
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From: "Alex Proud" <> wrote:
Subject:RE Your job ad...Asif
Your comments are odd.
1) How many companies my size bother to employ designers?! We have a full time paid position. In an office (so no window dressing) in a recession. You and your “community “ wish to bite the hand that feeds you that is your prerogative.
2) We have nothing to worry about legally as our office is full of men and woman of all races and always has been, FAR out of proportion to racial breakdown of the UK, proving there is no prejudice.
3) We do ask for a photo as we find, somewhat like spelling mistakes and sending a cv, it is a quick check to see who can be bothered to send all the items we ask for, and if they don’t bother we know they are not efficient and will not interview.
4) You can also see a lot about how someone dresses or if they use humour with the photo and that helps us build up a picture of the person and what they are like, not on what they look like.
I also was not rude to you , i said bothers “them”.
It bother me Asif that we are a rare small company that employs people out of art college and give them a salary and you call them an “idiot”. Wow, considering the rates of unemployment in your industry you might have though you would be over the moon with me?!
Chiara please register on the site and edit this e mail and post it.
Best
Alex
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I'm not over the moon (this was a private conversation and i didnt expect them to post here) if you have anything to say to Alex Proud then contact the gallery (be nice) or just respond on this thread
I've already responded to this via email