I've seen similar situations before where a company can't seem to fill a position (for any number of reasons) and they then blast the opening out to a multitude of recruiters who then fall all over themselves to be the recruiter that can win the business (and hopefully the next hundred opportunities there, as well).
So the job-hunters amongst us should be aware of this possibility and if a headhunter seems uninterested, make sure to let them know (be subtle) that you are supposed to talk to another recruiter in "about a half hour" regarding a position that sounds a lot like this one...it might just serve to spark a little more interest. It's interesting what makes folks tick (or makes them paranoid, one or the other...). Shane O. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phillip Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:26 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] I am a recruiter looking for a Linux Administrator for aposition in North Carolina.]]]]] Brian Henning wrote: > Can anyone vouch for the authenticity of this message? I feel like I've > seen almost word-for-word identical message bodies from several source > addresses, which makes me wonder.. I can't say anything regarding the authenticity of this particular message, but I can say that what you describe isn't unusual. If you look at any of the job boards, you'll often see the exact same job advertised by multiple staffing agencies. And you can tell, because the job description will be identical. Basically that happens when multiple staffing groups are trying to fill the same job, and they all just copy and paste the original description from the actual employer. TTYL, Phil -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
