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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