Re: Trust 1-man headhunter operation?

"BubbaGump" <BubbaGump@localhost> wrote in message
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I was recently contacted by a headhunter about a contract-to-hire
position. I called back the phone number left and got the same guy
immediately (no receptionist or extension). The headhunter's company
has no web site, and when I did a web search for the phone number I
found it associated directly with the company name. I looked up the
company in the business directory on my state government's web site
and found it is an apparently legitimate business, registered under
this guy's name back in 1988. Since he's registered, can I trust him
to not be running an identity theft or other scam?



In my (very) limited experience, the one man outfits are the best - but all
agents are a pain in the ....

I don't know if it is just a US language thing, but I would call this guy an
employment agent, not a head hunter.

In my view:

+ A head hunter would be somebody that got a very tight specification for
the person they were after (even the name of the person they were after),
then they would research the best people in the industry (i.e. actually do
something for their money) and make approaches to potential candidates -
even if there target was already happily employed.

+ An agent is somebody who tries to match up a list of job openings with a
list of people who are registered as interested in new employment. Normally
very badly.

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