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Ask Liz: End-Run the Headhunter?
Dear Liz,
I heard from a friend about a job at a local company, and the job sounded perfect for me. I was writing a cover letter to the head of Engineering when I got a call from a headhunter about the job. Turns out the same friend who told me about the job had gotten the headhunter's call, and he referred the search guy to me.
I talked with the search fellow about the job for twenty minutes and he said it sounded like a good fit. So I sent him my resume and waited a week and didn't hear anything, so I called him back. He said the job spec wasn't a good fit for me after all and that the employer had told him specifically not to send over any resumes without a few specific skills listed in the job ad. I didn't have those specific skills so he told me he's not forwarding my resume.
Fair enough. However, I believe I can get an interview if I write to the hiring manager directly, and I have the guy's name, and I have the cover letter written. Is there any reason I shouldn't end-run the headhunter?
Thanks,
Frank
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I heard from a friend about a job at a local company, and the job sounded perfect for me. I was writing a cover letter to the head of Engineering when I got a call from a headhunter about the job. Turns out the same friend who told me about the job had gotten the headhunter's call, and he referred the search guy to me.
I talked with the search fellow about the job for twenty minutes and he said it sounded like a good fit. So I sent him my resume and waited a week and didn't hear anything, so I called him back. He said the job spec wasn't a good fit for me after all and that the employer had told him specifically not to send over any resumes without a few specific skills listed in the job ad. I didn't have those specific skills so he told me he's not forwarding my resume.
Fair enough. However, I believe I can get an interview if I write to the hiring manager directly, and I have the guy's name, and I have the cover letter written. Is there any reason I shouldn't end-run the headhunter?
Thanks,
Frank
TO READ LIZ'S REPLY, PLEASE JUMP TO
http://tinyurl.com/endruntheheadhunter
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