The Grim Reaper of Legal Realities
Hi Danny, I found a placement in the basement recently, but am not sure how to proceed with it. The candidate, we'll call her Jane, interviewed with the company in 2014. It went well, but she turned down the offer 9/2/2014. That was also the last contact I had with the company about Jane. In October, 2014, I checked in with Jane to see if she'd had a change of heart about the offer, but she hadn't. I found out recently that she started with the company in September 2015. I contacted Jane, and she informed me that she applied directly July 2015, and started after Labor Day (September 7) 2015. It's a very similar, but slightly more senior position. The signed agreement - my agreement - says, "The fee is payable should you or any of your affiliated companies engage such a candidate for any position within one year after our most recent communication relating to such candidate." So, on one hand, it's been over a year, by a few days. The skeptic in me says, "not by accident". On the other hand, Jane did apply at around the nine month mark, during a time in which I still had representation. I had recently written off the [...]