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From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
Newsgroups: net.jobs,net.misc
Subject: Re: headhunter etiquette
Message-ID: <7786@duke.duke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Jul-86 12:58:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  7 12:58:05 1986
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In article <736@aum.UUCP> freed@aum.UUCP writes:
>.... 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.
>

	Call this person's boss.  Tell the boss about what happened.  Your
	headhunter will be out on her fundamental area of impact (which
	is apparently also where she keeps her brains.)

	This is MASSIVELY bad practice and extremely unscrupulous and
	unethical.  It is also very dangerous for the headhunter, because
	she is liable for any damages.   Lots of headhunters have been
	sued, and have lost massive amounts.

>	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!"

	Say that to me in person and I'll take you out behind the barn.
	My mother is a headhunter, and is very careful about the ethics of
	her work.  So are 95% of the rest of the business.  The rest
	should be run out of business.

	So watch your mouth.

-- 

			Charlie Martin
			(...mcnc!duke!crm)