mac@eisx.UUCP (James McParland) (02/08/85)
On the subject of whether or not headhunters should be allowed in net.jobs: Ok, we've got a lot of unwritten rules about recruiting and ads on the net. If it becomes necessary to make some real, official rules (guidelines for moderators to use) let's make sure they're not based on some stupid reasons. I've seen a lot of people say "Why should my company pay for the net so that a headhunter can use it to hire away our employees?". If this is a valid argument it applies not only to headhunters, but to direct recruiting by all companies and colleges on the net. The basic question is, should recruiting really be done through net.jobs? My personal opinion: the presence of recruiting info on the net (which your company pays for) is analogous to the job ads in the back of the tech magazines that your company pays for. It's not the main reason you pay for the service, and you don't really lose that many people because of it. If net.jobs continues to exist, let it be open to any and all recruiting activities. Jim (Mac) McParland / Cap Gemini DASD on assignment to: AT&T Information Systems South Plainfield, New Jersey
wapd@houxj.UUCP (Bill Dietrich) (02/09/85)
Maybe any company that doesn't want to pay for transmitting job offers from headhunters should stop retransmitting net.jobs. Is there any difference between a job advertisement from a headhunter and one from a professor or corporate personnel officer ? I don't see much of a difference. Bill Dietrich houxj!wapd
dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) (02/11/85)
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There is a huge difference between a posting by a university or other
USENET site and one by a commercial headhunting firm. The former is
after an employee for a specific job; the latter after warm meat to put
into ANY job it can fill. A posting to net.jobs from a headhunting
firm may be just bait. Sorry if I offend legitimate employment
agencies, but anyone with experience in the job market is aware of the
widespread abuse of some agencies. For numerous reasons I would
applaud a general rule of net.jobs for principals only, not agencies.
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D Gary Grady
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