I like to have a rant every now and then

I seem to spend a lot of my time these days defending the industry that I work in as many candidates are dissatisfied with the response levels they get from recruiters and headhunters alike. It is a shame really but it does help me suggest other great recruiters to them when I can't assist them with a career move.

Some of you may have attended a few of my speaking events lately or been in a coaching situation where I have been of assistance in giving you tips in how to handle these type of characters. I have told most of you about a great website called www.asktheheadhunter.com that I subscribe to and probably suggested that you buy the book as well.

Nick has a great background and every now and then writes on a topic that is so dear to my heart that I can't help myself but tell everyone about it. Nick knows how much I love his site and we speak on email as much as the time distance allows.

He has done it again and so I suggested that if possible I would like to add it to my blog...

Please click on the link below and let me know your thoughts and if you haven't subscribed to his newsletter then do so right away...

http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/newsletter/OE20070508.htm

Brilliant Nick, thanks again for hitting the spot

Have a great week- Emma and the team at Matchsticks and The CV Clinic

 

Comments

[Nick Corcodilos]

Emma,

Having roasted the headhunter in question in my newsletter, I'd like to offer another perspective. What can we say about employers who receive and set aside an applicant who has applied directly... only to then receive information about the applicant from a headhunter. Odds are, the company would never look at the candidate again on their own. But the reminder from the headhunter leads them to re-activate the person's candidacy. Is the headhunter owed a fee? I'd argue that, barring the kind of questionable behavior in the story I published, the answer is yes. I've been burned by employers who refused to pay a fee after I did the hard work to submit a great candidate, just because they had the candidate in their "old files". Without my "endorsement" of the candidate, the file would never have seen the light of day again. It's a matter of HR not doing its job - and benefiting from someone else's work.

The headhunter I wrote about was unethical. But employers can be guilty of a similar failure of ethics when they "reactivate" a candidate but reject the headhunter who brought the candidate to their attention anew.