Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!david
From: david@geac.UUCP (David Haynes)
Newsgroups: ont.jobs
Subject: Re: Headhunter Tactics
Keywords: sleazy
Message-ID: <3210@geac.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 88 12:17:32 GMT
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Reply-To: david@geac.UUCP (David Haynes)
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In article <4709@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>In article <283@jtsv16.UUCP> kevin@jtsv16.UUCP (kevin) writes:
>>In article <3195@geac.UUCP> daveb@geac.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes:
>>>  In my recent job-hunt, I dealt with a somewhat "excitable"
>>>recruiter, who sent me off to interview with a small spin-off
>>>company in the city.  Like many, he wanted me to call him
>>>**imediately** after the interview ended...
>> ...
>>I have yet to find a headhunter worth the trouble or money, both as a
>>recruiter and a job seeker.  These people charge outrageous sums of money
>>and give little in return.  Three percent per thousand dollars of salary
>>is typical.
>
>You occasionally (very occasionally) run into an individual
>recruiter with some morals, but the only company with a consistently
>excellent reputation is P.J. Ward.  I've never been steered to an
>inappropriate job, or been presented with an an inappropriate
>person by them.

I agree that PJ is the best recruiter in the city, but the problem 
(from my narrow minded perspective ;-) ) is that they do not really
specialize in high/leading-edge work. Granted there is not all that
much development going on in TO these days, but Ward tends not even 
to know many companies beyond the big few. (IBM, NT, BNR, H-B)

I can understand from Ward's point of view that it pays more to 
specialize in the IBM world of things, and this is very lucrative,
but I think he should consider trying to get a person in each 
branch who specializes in the high tech end of things.

One thing I wish all these *^(**(&%( recruiters would do is to 
realize that there are other systems than IBM systems and that it
makes no sense to have someone with non-IBM experience fill out their
stupid little forms. One recruiter even has a column for ``Core''
on their form so that you can indicate how much of it was on the
machine(s) you worked on. He looked a little shocked when I filled
this column with zeroes!

-david-

Ain't no core in me, momma, I ain't no space shuttle.