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From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed)
Newsgroups: net.jobs,net.misc
Subject: Re: headhunter etiquette
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Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 16:02:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 19 16:02:18 1986
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I know that this may seem the wrong newsgroup to post something like this to,
but this is something that happened to me recently and I would like to warn
the rest of the net. Out of the blue a headhunter called recently and she 
asked me if I would like some job somewhere. I would have said just no and 
goodbye, but it was a bad day and I said that I would only be interested if 
it was in the North Bay. (San Francisco area) To this she said that she
did not cover the North Bay and that was that. The next thing I know the
CEO of my company was being told about me as a potential engineer
for him to hire!!! Luckily I managed to explain the reality to a trusting 
manager.

	Moral of this story is that do not, I repeat, do not ever indicate
even idle interest in their services unless the above situation amuses you
and seems like a good way to impress your `higher-ups'...

    "Headhunters are scum and should be avoided like the plague!"
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                           Erik James Freed
			   Aurora Systems
			   San Francisco, CA
			   ptsfa!aum!freed