Posted: 4/12/2006 6:45:10 PM EDT
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So, long story short. I have an Engineering degree, work as a laboratory technician with no hope of ever getting an Engineering position at my current employer. I get a message today from some guy who says he is a head hunter and may have some positions of interest available to me in the field I am now working in. Naturally if it is an Engineering job I would like to go for it. However, I have talked with a coworker and he says they are bad news. His take is that if you sign onto a job that was procured for you by a headhunter the company that just hired you will view you poorly because of the lack of loyalty you showed to your original company. Fearing that they will lose you they won't bother to do much for you or your career. I think that what he says might be BS. We are undergoing a merger right now, could it be HR trying to find unloyal people to eliminate in the merger? Any folks who could shed some light on this? "is it safe?" "is it a trap?" |
I didn't talk to him about this particular incident . He has received calls like this before which led to the talk I described. |
| I'd go with it, unless they ask for money. My inlaws dealt with guys like that, they lead them on until they were far into job offers then asked for money before giving details.hinking.gif |
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Somthing else that I remembered about the message. He said he got my info by networking with other headhunters in the business. How the hell does he know who I am and what I do? He implied that he knew I was unhappy about my current position, which is true. How would he get this info? I was thinking about the merger and how things could possibly change for the better. Maybe new HR, might find some use for me. That might be a bit too optimistic. Seems like the new company has a hardon for this Six Sigma crap. I would probably be a dead stick anyhow, have a degree, just no Six Sigma training. |
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