Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-06-01 Thread Robert Munn
It just so happens that we live in a time of transition from the age of work being done locally to an age when work will be done anywhere and everywhere. I know one recruiting firm that outsources some of their headhunters to India, because in India they can hire specialists like engineers as headh

Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread Dinner
On 5/31/07, Loathe wrote: > So far I would say 50% of the headhunters that contact me are overseas. Yeah, I would think twice about it. I hate to, well, no, it is sorta fun, in that painful way- freaking this administration. Stupidly accelerated a few things that were already Bad Enough. Hey, h

Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
A little background info. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16554514/ It doesn't mention the part of the company that I work for, but our (my part) market share tops 50% right now. > > You have a source or article on that? > > I work for them. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be tr

Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
> You have a source or article on that? I work for them. :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform w

RE: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread Loathe
Yeah, one asked me to commute to PA. Hahahah Oh and the "Will you move" followed by "no, there is no relocation budget". -Original Message- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Out

RE: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread Scott Stewart
inal Message- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Outsourcing headhunters > That kind of bothers me. I have been contacted by two overseas headhunters > in the past 24 hours, both shopping jobs in the DC are

RE: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread Loathe
Yeah that bothers me too. More than my original topic. You have a source or article on that? -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Outsourcing headhunters > That doesn't bother any

Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> That kind of bothers me. I have been contacted by two overseas headhunters > in the past 24 hours, both shopping jobs in the DC area, both require a > security clearance. > > That doesn't bother anyone else? What bothers me is that I get calls from people that I can hardly understand and who do

Re: Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
> That doesn't bother anyone else? Not as much as much as source-code for 50+ percent of US Energy Management Systems (the generation/transmission/distribution network) being wholly owned by a company that is 90%+ owned by a foreign power. :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be

Outsourcing headhunters

2007-05-31 Thread Loathe
I know this came up once before, but it's something I am running into a lot in my job hunt right now. So far I would say 50% of the headhunters that contact me are overseas. Normally I wouldn't think twice about it. However, I primarily work for the federal government doing work that requires a