Re: Hiring, but it's a secret?

["Deborah Hemstreet" <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>]

I am currently looking and totally confused.... I was told that if more than
one recruiter submits you, the company searching for someone will disqualify
your application as a duplicate application.
but here is the weirdness... a position in my area and field of interest
opened up in the area. I could find no way to apply directly to that
company, so, I went with the head hunter that seemed the most serious and
had an American accent that I could easily follow. To date, I have received
over 30 or so phone calls from all over the US, all trying to reach me for
the same position (my resume is on Monster.com) I contacted the original
agency that I went with, had to sign a document stating I would not go with
a different agency for that position.

So I have heard nothing, except phone calls, a commitment, they called the
company that put out the ad and were told, we'll get to you when we get to
you, and I have basically given up on that position.

The whole head-hunting thing is quite frustrating. I truthfully don't
understand why on earth a company in State X would be open to candidates
offered by head hunters in States Z, A, and Q - it is insane to me.

It seems to me that finding a job these days is more based on skill in
getting through the recruiting process rather than a person's actual
capabilities. Or perhaps this is the case only for people who have not been
in the job market for a very long time and the rules have all changed?

Just my two cents...

Deborah


On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:49 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lauren [mailto:lauren -at- writeco -dot- net]
> >
> > > From: McLauchlan, Kevin
> >
> > > But if two or three contact you in a short period of time, how do
> you
> > > know which one actually submitted you first to the potential
> employer?
> >
> > *You* decide which recruiter will submit you for a job, so *you* need
> to
> > know where you are being submitted.
>
>
> I'm way out of practice.  I had head-hunters coming at me from all sides
> after I was hired here, during the tech bubble. I'm glad I kept saying
> "No", because I think all the potential hiring companies they
> represented are long gone.
>
> In the intervening years, I still get the calls, but only a few per
> year, so there's no confusion. Even when they're not trying to get me to
> relocate I continue to politely decline and "Thanks fer comin' out!"
> Never know when I might need 'em.
>
> It's good to know that at least some of you are still getting the phones
> rung off the hook to the extent that you have to pay attention to keep
> them all straight...     ahem....     :-)
>
>
>  - Kevin
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> snow, and are in the second day of a transit strike (first one in 12
> years))
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Deborah Hemstreet
Technical and Medical Writer
http://www.tech-challenged.com
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