RE: Heades up on Head hunters wanting to get "linked in"...

On the plus side, I built up "relationships" with a few recruiters (as
distinct from headhunters) over the years. I've dropped my LinkedIn
subscription (semi-retired, no need), but I did add the ones I knew to my
Contacts list at the time.

Like Paul I used to get calls from headhunters; sometimes when my boss was
in the office. (I guess it was a subtle hint to him that there were
options/alternatives out there.) But I rarely had the time to pull their
chains. Software vendors wanting me to "get off that legacy AS/400 and move
to a Windows server solution" were a different story. .-)

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
Women know where they're going. Men drive. -R. Green
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 5:46 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Heades up on Head hunters wanting to get "linked in"...

Before or after leading them on for an hour or so? Domestic or foreign?

I like to regale them with tales of creating screens with scroll bars and
radio buttons, and then put them on hold while I go back to real work. Or
even lunch.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
Landess
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 4:57 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Heades up on Head hunters wanting to get "linked in"...

Same here, and same opinion. I have rarely met a headhunter that didn't
need a good killin'.
-sjl


"Don" wrote in message
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Hey folks,



Just a heads up. I've gotten a slew of head hunter requests from people I
don't know wanting to be linked in to my linkin list. Needless to say, I
don't know them and they're being denied. No clue how they're finding me.



However, that being said, be careful because many of these folks are only
interested in milking your contacts for all they can and doing little or
nothing for you.



FYI



DR2



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