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Subject:Re: What would you do? From:John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> To:Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:50:59 -0500
I'd be tempted to let the company know what the recruiter is doing.
Back in the day I worked managing contractors at different sites. Got a
call from one saying they had just escorted one of the contractors out the
door as they checked and found they were claiming to have a degree that
they didn't earn. Not only did they get tossed from the gig, the company I
worked for dropped them too.
Relevant quote I saw recently: Thomas Jefferson: âIn matters of style,
swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
This is a core principle in my book.
JG
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:
> That's really strange.
>
> I'd suspect some type of scam on the recruiter's part, or at best that he
> or his company needs to show some type of activity they're lacking.
>
> This seems like a total waste of time to me unless you're daydreaming about
> a new career.
>
> It reminds me of recruiters who contact me with posts that combine analyst,
> pm, programmer, and tw. Color me puzzled.
>
>
>
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