Re: Recruiters

[Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- SLIP -dot- NET>]

At 07:03 AM 3/4/99 -0800, Steven J. Owens wrote:
>Andrew Plato writes:
>> Also, do not expect an agency to reveal the client's name or company
>> until an interview is setup. Agencies get jobs ripped out from
>> underneath them all the time. They have to protect themselves.
>
>     I understand and respect this, and I sympathize with your
>experiences.  However, when a recruiter asks to submit my resume, I
>absolutely must know where the resume is going.  It's my resume and I
>have every right to know who has it.  I also have to protect myself
>from double-submissions, since I don't deal exclusively with one
>recruiter (unless the recruiter is willing to hire me full time and
>pay my rate).

Precisely.  I have told each agency I have worked with over the years that
they may not present my resume without my consent.  In order to give that
consent, I need to know where they want to present me.  I, too, have worked
with more than one recruiter at a time, and must be vigilant that my resume
does not appear more than once for the same position.  I also want to
prevent them from presenting me for positions at companies where I do not
want to work, often because of the company's location or because I don't
feel qualified to work in particular areas of technology.

martha

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Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
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 If I am only for myself, what am I?
 If not now, when?"
        --Hillel, "Mishna, Sayings of the Fathers 1:13"

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