Headhunter irony

It's nice to be wanted :-)

The hardest part seems to be getting someone to take interest in a resume. I feel good once I make it to a phone interview screening with an engineer, much better than I do talking to a headhunter who tries to ask technical questions but can't appreciate the similarities of different experiences that don't exactly match keyword-for-keyword with what they think they want. We'll see how it goes with a manager in-person. I'll try to think negatively and plan for failure. It keeps me sober, humble, and helps prevent disappointment.

Anyway, one thing I didn't mention is I found the company directly through an ad they posted. I don't know if a job that's advertised that way is good or bad, but the ability to contact them directly and get an interview is what I found ironic. So far a headhunter has only helped me get one interview, and that was for a job which the headhunter admitted was having trouble finding people with certain skills, so the company was probably just desperate. Okay, so from the other side headhunters might or might not help companies throw out both bad and potentially good candidates, but that seems completely pointless in the case when the company posts an add directly. It's like locking the back door of a house while leaving the front door wide open, or maybe it's like someone built their own house right on top of the front door and is pretending it's necessary to walk through their house in order to reach the main house, or maybe it's like someone trying to sell fruit that's already fallen from the tree and is simply lying on the ground.

Funny I just saw Forest Gump oin TV the other night.

Did you make it clear to the HH that you already were interviewing there. He is not going to get any finder fee, so he should back off. But also be careful he doesn't then try to sabotage you. So stay aware of contact with the company. If the HH is somewhat ethical, there should be no problems. But you won't know for sure until you get an offer. The company should be able to deal with the HH without affecting you.

I had a similar situation once where a HH found out after I had an offer from a company. He had sent me on other interviews, just not that one. (I was working with a couple HHs at the time.) He said basically "why didn't you tell me you wanted to work there? My wife is a manager there." and then made some remarks that made it sound like he was going to try to get the commision. I let my new manager know and they dealt with it.

So watch carefully how your application is progressing. Ed

Ethical headhunters are like rocking-horse shit.

pete

That always a bonus because I company will certainly not want to pay a fee to an agent and would much sooner recruit directly.

So far a headhunter has only helped me get one interview, and that was for a job which the headhunter admitted was having trouble finding people with certain skills,

so the company was probably just desperate.

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Reality check , this world has a gross

over supply of skilled to fill ALL high level jobs .

But for "control" and regulation of ALL markets on earth ....go figure ..

Do you want 100,000 E.E.'s at $5/hour in your city ?

I will get them , if you merely lift the regulations !

Give up your "profession" and start chasing current , real

"demand" , and prosper .

Were you quoting someone? cause your post was really unintelligible. The beginning seemed anti-headhunter while the ending seemed a broken english spam message aimed at hiring managers.

Good luck. Ed