Archive for the 'How to work with headhunters' Category


Puppy-dog headhunters

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Is the job market picking up? If headhunter activity is any measure (and I’m not sure it is), then maybe hiring activity is on the upswing…
A reader asks:
A recruiter I know (but have never met in person) called me about a position. I told him I was interested based on the description, reporting chain, location [...]


How to Say It: Can I dispense with the headhunter?

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Discussion: December 15, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s Q&A a reader is worried that she can’t apply for a job on her own, at a company where a headhunter was not able to get her a job offer.
Her concern might be justified. (Please see my response in today’s newsletter — I don’t normally archive the [...]


LIVE Ask The Headhunter WNYC Radio – July 23

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

We’re at it again today, Thursday July 23, 10:40am ET, on WNYC public radio: LIVE Ask The Headhunter on the Brian Lehrer Show. Join us! (And save $10… )
****UPDATE: Here’s the audio of today’s event. (How’d it go? Listener rylee from manhattan said: “I love this segment, very helpful. If you could find more experts like this guy, [...]


How to work with headhunters… and save ten bucks

Monday, June 29th, 2009

In my last post I asked whether you’ve ever squeezed more out of a headhunter… Did you ever successfully negotiate a higher job offer via a headhunter?

Now I’m going to do something I’ve never done before on this blog, on my web site, or in the Ask The Headhunter newsletter… I’m going to plug a new [...]