In the March 26, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader complains about troublesome headhunters: What’s your advice to someone who is dealing with unwanted cold calls from headhunters? Somehow my name has been shared around as someone who is looking for a change. (I’m not. If I were, I would be the one making [...]
In the July 24, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter wants to know how to get the best compensation deal through a headhunter: What can I expect from a recruiter when I’m negotiating salary and compensation? After all, doesn’t he work for the hiring company? My Advice This question is so common that [...]
In the June 12, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a headhunter asks a candidate to remove contact information from a resume before submitting it. Is that normal? I was contacted by a headhunter about an opportunity. I was asked to provide a resume in Word format. I said I could not, and instead I provided [...]
In the April 10, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter asks how to cut the cord to a headhunter: If a recruiter gives a company your resume, how long are you tied to that recruiter concerning that company? For several reasons, I recently lost what I consider to be a great opportunity with [...]
This evening at Cornell University’s Palisades, NY facility we talked about How to Work With Headhunters. Executive MBA students in the Johnson School of Business joined headhunter Deborah Matson and me for an hour and a half of Q&A. We covered a lot of topics — but the seminar sizzled over one question: Should you [...]
In the January 24, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader gets calls from two different headhunters — who want to “submit” him for what seems to be the same job. How many headhunters should he work with? A headhunter called yesterday about an interesting position. She is not ready to reveal her client until [...]
In the December 13, 2011 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a long-time reader asks whether it’s okay to discuss salary range with a headhunter before taking time out of a busy work schedule to interview: I’m a long-time reader. This is my second-time question — the last one was in 2004! I’ve just been headhunted for a [...]
In the October 11, 2011 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter who’s tired of high-pressure headhunters asks how to recognize the good ones: The sales pitches I get from cold-calling headhunters are intense. They’re in a hurry, they avoid sharing details I need and they are high-pressure. How do I know when I’m talking [...]
In the June 14, 2011 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader asks what percentage of job-hunting time should be devoted to working with headhunters: I’ve heard that headhunters fill less than 10% of open jobs, so one should spend no more than 10% of one’s job hunting time working with headhunters. Do you agree? Also, could [...]
This is a special posting connected to the presentation: Ask The Headhunter / How to Work with Headhunters, and without them Cornell University Johnson School of Management March 5, 2011, in Palisades, NY (I posted a preview of the topic here: Good Headhunters: They search for living resumes.) I’ll add more content here after the event [...]
