Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.jobs Subject: Re: Open letter to Tracy A. McInvale concerning the use of HEADHUNTERS. Message-ID: <2718@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 15:59:30 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2718 Posted: Fri Nov 1 15:59:30 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 05:26:56 EST References: <1958@umcp-cs.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: USAMC ALMSA, St. Louis, MO Lines: 21 In article <1958@umcp-cs.UUCP> tlr@umcp-cs.UUCP (Terry L. Ridder) writes: [Extracts:] > 1. There is a class of employment agencies > known as "paper hangers". Their mode of > operation is to take a resume and send it > to every company that they know of in the > geographic area or nationwide. > I would rather put my resume on the net than use the services of > a headhunter. > Terry L. Ridder Something about this that bothers me -- maybe you haven't considered it: If you put your resume on the net, you are making it (to some degree) public. Any of these bad headhunter/employment agency organizations that can get access to the net can copy out all posted resumes, and send them out as they wish, thereby "representing" you even though you never heard of them! Sounds dangerous to me! Will