Careers (was Certification)

        Please note that a headhunter is a person who attempts to "throw heads" 
together in hopes that a match will be found.  Headhunters are only 
concerned about closing "the deal" and collecting a commission.  I find 
this to be the case with the larger agencies where headhunters must meet a 
hiring quota or be gone.  These are the guys that yell over the phone when 
they don't get a bite.
Recruiters, on the other hand, are more concerned with their reputation and 
tend to try to find good fits for their clients.  Recruiters are interested 
in maintaining long term relations with employers so they attempt to 
deliver quality applicants.

Eric Kempter
Commair Mechanical Services

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From:   Ed.Doxtator@ssa.co.uk [SMTP:Ed.Doxtator@ssa.co.uk]
Sent:   Monday, April 06, 1998 10:41 AM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Careersn (was Certification)

Scott wrote:
>Summary: I'm sure there are recruiters out there who feel much the
>same way about me that Dean does towards his contractor, e.g. "What
>the heck does this guy want - I'm offering X, Y, and Z!"  I'm always
>interested in something better, but I'm happy enough that it's got to be
>really really better.  Am I taking unfair advantage if I describe my
>ideal job, then turn Joe recruiter down when he comes w/something
>that just doesn't, in MY book, measure up to what I want, even if, in
>HIS book, it does?  Personally, I don't think so - I thought that's what
>recruiters did, root about for stuff I can't/won't find using sources
>to which they (presumably) have access but I do not...but what sayeth
>the list?

I don't know if this is an "ethical" question-right v. wrong.  It sounds 
more like the old Golden Rule-"Do unto others as you would have them do 
unto you."  In this case, I don't like it when people waste my time and 
resources, so I wouldn't ask someone else to waste their time and 
resources.
But for headhunting, is it a waste?
Once upon a time, I used to work retail.  At the height of Christmas 
season, people swarming in the shop like rabid beavers, I always seemed to 
get the one customer that couldn't _quite_ make up his mind regarding the 
gift he was going to purchase for Aunt Maude.  He hadn't seen her in ages, 
he didn't quite know what she was doing, or what she wanted.  This, sir? 
 Or how about this?  After about thirty or forty minnits of searching, the 
guy would get uncomfortable, grab the first thing he saw and say, "Oh, 
that's nice..."  After fondling the item in question for a few minnits, he 
would say, "Well, thanks.  I'll come back later,"  And, of course, I never 
saw him again.
As annoying as it sounds, I never got really cheesed off with these guys. 
 Why?  Cos it was my job to provide customer service.  If they didn't like 
the stock or couldn't make up their minds, they could walk out and go 
somewhere else.  No sweat.  No point in taking it personally.
Headhunters are supposed to provide customer service as well.  If I'm not 
keen on the jobs that these guys offer me, even if they've done loads of 
legwork, well... too bad.  I'm under no obligation to take their offers.
I have had headhunters blow up at me on the phone because they would say 
they found "the perfect job" for me and I'd turn them down.  At that point, 
I usually just tell them that if that's going to be their attitude, then 
they can do the other thing-they're providing a service for me, and that 
attitude just cost them A) a potential hire, and B) any chance of me giving 
their name as a reference.
Anyway, that's just me.
* Doc, putting the "ninny" in "ninnyhammer" for over 35 years...


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