RE: Reality check time

["Steve Arrants" <steve_arrants -at- sonic -dot- com>]

> I get an email from someone who I used to work with, telling me that
> his company was relocating to NJ from NY and since he didn't want to
> work in NJ, he was now out of work. If I knew of any recruiters he
> could call, he's appreciate it.
>
> I'm currently keeping in contact with three of them (one I'm working
> through), so I sent him the three contacts. He said thanks.
>
> This was about a week ago.  Last night, I get an email where I'm
> CC;d, along with about 25 other people. Attached to this email is an
> attachment with my three recruiters along with 30-40 other
> recruiters.
> 1) Should I have expected either permission or at least a warning
> that they were being distributed.
> 2) Even though others may know of the same agencies, is it wrong to
> expect that they should have been treated with a certain level of
> confidentiality?

How do the three recruiters feel about it?  Do they mind being listed in the
email?  It is really up to them to take any offense.  You don't "own" the
recruiters.  I DO think your "friend" should have been more up front about
what he was going to do with the information, though, when he originally
asked you, so YES to question 1.

Recruiters are in the business to connect workers with employers, not in the
business of connecting you exclusively with employers.  And I wouldn't worry
about the other people being your competition.  If you are good at what you
do, you sometimes find yourself turning down work, not struggling to find
it.


steve arrants


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