Comments on: Of headhunters and IT service companies

By: Clair

Clair — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:39:26 +0000

jdavies: Hmm, maybe they are building their databases but that doesn’t mean that it’s ok to just call any office and call for the staff one by one especially if it’s a small office. Then again, they probably don’t know if the office would be small or not.

Drew: Really? Rawr. That’s quite bad, them waiting for the answering machine, I mean.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:35:12 +0000

I work in an IT service company in Tokyo… Many of our clients are financial or tech headhunters, and let me tell you — they will stop at nothing to build up their databases. They lie to receptionists to get through… They phone each of a company’s direct-dial numbers in the middle of the night, letting the voice mail pick up so they know the person’s name at each phone number… And of course, there are the old standbys like Linkedin and the job-hunting sites. I still get calls from headhunters who still have my name in their database from 3 years ago when I first came to Tokyo and was looking for a job.

Interesting to hear it’s also going on in the Philippines, guess it’s a worldwide phenomenon for us IT guys…

By: jdavies

jdavies — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:48:00 +0000

Could it be that they are building their own databases and these are all new companies? How many headhunter startups are cropping up recently? I’m surmising that it’s a backyard industry already or it’s a guise for some other purpose…

Several of these headhunters have approached me as well, and i’d bet 3 of 5 are not legit. I said let’s discuss it – only to end up not returning half the time. I wouldn’t trust any of these guys easily if I were you.

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By: Clair

Clair — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:20:31 +0000

Jon: Haha. Yeah, probably that. Pero at least those are online resumes. Meaning, your number is meant to be seen through those numbers. Pero calling the office is too much already na.

Joel: That bit of news is interesting.

Mon: Indeed. If your staff is happy, they’d stay with you. I can’t help but agree with you

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Techno Pinoy » Your staffing plan and how to survive a headhunter assault — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:55:30 +0000

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By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:52:47 +0000

Clair,

This is funny. I always get called by headhunters through my cellfone — probably lifted from my online resumes. I guess some of them can get really desperate to have the gall to call office numbers instead.