Re: Headhunter irony

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:13:41 -0000, "Tom Lucas"
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"BubbaGump" <BubbaGump@localhost> wrote in message
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Yesterday a headhunter contacted me about the same job for which I had
already had two phone interviews and for which I was right in the
middle of filling out the application in preparation for an in-person
interview that week.

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.

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