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Originally Posted by LIP MAN
Common, I think you are confusing a placement agency with a headhunter.
I recently got contacted with what I believe was a decent type of headhunting agency. A while ago M1 Marketing or something tried to headhunt me once. I looked at their site, it was sketchy. So I never went. I actually hung up when they called me, as I forgot that I had an interview.
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Just to clarify, by headhunter I mean an agency that a company goes to to find suitable candidates for interviews. Thats what I know them as, if I am wrong, I stand corrected. Thanks in advance.
I had applied for a trades job in another province 6 months ago. I saw this ad on the internet with TSE services, if memory serves me right. They called me back, we talked for a bit and I had asked "which plant is looking exactly"? I know the area very well and I had started rattling of the names of the possibility's as he wouldn't elaborate. Than, the lie come out. "No, it's not in this city, it's in that town for the same company" I was already in talks with another potential employer in Calgary and was told "tell them to wait 2 days" by TSE. Having being lied to and now being told to tell a possible good paycheque to wait was enough. It doesn't end there though, as the company originally looking contacted me directly and wanted to interview me. I said "thanks, but I already accepted an offer" and also told them about the "car saleman". They agreed with me that his tactics were unscrupulous and said they would have another agency do the looking for them as they are short of ppl. No fault to the company, they were trying to fill spots. I said I'd keep them in mind in the future and that was that.
I wonder what these guys get paid to find ppl for a position?