LinkedIn head-hunters

[sergeyka]

Hi all,

i am a Canadian PR for a few years but i am still working remotely for an IT company in my country.

Being an active Linked-In user, i am receiving messages from HR agency representatives in Canada asking about my availability for a new job.

These kind of messages are usually very humble like:
"Are you available? No? OK, talk to you later..."

but one of the recent ones was a bit surprising for me:
"I couldn't find your company's number on-line to be able to head-hunt you directly at work so I am sending you this email..."

My question is:
is this a normal practice in North America to head-hunt employees by calling their current work place?

 

[IdleHands]

Yes, actually head hunters can also get paid for referring companies a skilled employee. I'd still be careful about it.

 

[ag3124]

Hi all,

i am a Canadian PR for a few years but i am still working remotely for an IT company in my country.

Being an active Linked-In user, i am receiving messages from HR agency representatives in Canada asking about my availability for a new job.

These kind of messages are usually very humble like:
"Are you available? No? OK, talk to you later..."

but one of the recent ones was a bit surprising for me:
"I couldn't find your company's number on-line to be able to head-hunt you directly at work so I am sending you this email..."

My question is:
is this a normal practice in North America to head-hunt employees by calling their current work place?

Yes it is, but it doesn´t haveto be a bad thing, tell them you are not actually looking to change jobs and that should do it.
Can you share does LinkedIn contacts pls?
Thanks!

 

[Annem15]

Hi all,

i am a Canadian PR for a few years but i am still working remotely for an IT company in my country.

Being an active Linked-In user, i am receiving messages from HR agency representatives in Canada asking about my availability for a new job.

These kind of messages are usually very humble like:
"Are you available? No? OK, talk to you later..."

but one of the recent ones was a bit surprising for me:
"I couldn't find your company's number on-line to be able to head-hunt you directly at work so I am sending you this email..."

My question is:
is this a normal practice in North America to head-hunt employees by calling their current work place?

I know only one example of a friend of mine been called to work to hunt him. That's quite weird and, in my opinion, does not happen often