There are good headhunters and then there are these….
Have you ever received an email about a great job oppurtunity? I got this email this morning:
Hi Mark,
I work for an IT recruitment and consulting firm located in Toronto. We’re currently looking for someone to fill the above role with a terrific company in the Oakville area. I just came across your resume and believe you might make a good fit. Please peruse the attached job description, see if it looks like something you might be interested in and get back to me with the latest copy of your resume. Should you be currently engaged, please feel free to forward this to anyone you know who would be willing and able to perform the role.
Regards,
{headhunter’s name ommited}
Staffing Consultant
{company omitted}
My first reaction after reading the job description is “f-ing idiots!!!”. You guys are recruiting ME to work for the company that I already work for! Being the big joke this was, I contemplated should I respond and say I was interested and here’s my resume minus my current employment listing. Then I’d get an interview with H.R. and if I got an offer then I would have to quit my current job to accept the new one in the same company, same department. So yeah, it would be a waste of time on all involved parties.
My second reaction is like how did this happen in the first place? Oh, poor guy, I havn’t updated my resume since I started working here.
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May 28th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Mark,
Things about headhunters and how managment uses them:
1) Headhunters make money by getting you the job.
2) Be sure you’re doing fine in your performance evaluations.
-Signs that someone may be getting replaced. (bad thing)
-Expansion is going to happen. (good thing)
3) Careful when taking up a headhunter’s offer.
-sometimes its a tactic by management to get someone to quit their job and go work somewhere else… without paying them a large severence package. (good for management, bad for employee)
4) If you did apply for that job, and didn’t get it, there may be somethings to reflect upon.
- Am i seen as promotable?
- Do they feel i contribute enough?
- Is HR willing to use their training dollars to upgrade my skills?
(A rule of thumb, approximately 75% of training resources is used on 10% of the best employees and 15% for the rest)