Aiiiiieeeeeeee - work venting

[NoNo]

NoNo - just curious as to whether the headhunter is still in the picture?

Sort of. He's talking with them, but he was hired by them. So when this is done, I won't have him looking out for me. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of mapping jobs floating around this area, so these opportunities are rare. It really makes me mad to think that they won't pay me what I'm worth just because my current employer doesn't pay well. I don't understand what that has to do with anything.

[channlluv]

I just had a head hunter offer me a pretty sweet position, too, with a base salary in the upper five figures, but I'd have to pay him $4,900 to do it. Does that sound normal? The job would be in corporate training, which I've never formally done. Informally, yes, in brief workshops, but formally, as part of a corporation, no.

When a similar headhunter got my husband his job, they got a huge finder's fee from the company that hired him. He didn't have to pay anything. They actually invited him out to lunch when he signed the contract to thank him. When I asked about that, the new headhunter guy just looked at me and said, "They don't pay for librarians, even with Masters degrees." I should have gone into programming. Darn it.

So is it worth giving up my part-time elementary school library job with the schedule that allows me to wrap my day around my daughter's activities and vacation days from school to jump into corporate life and all the pressures that go with it, all for a hefty paycheck? I don't know. I'm thinking about it.

Roxy

[NoNo]

The person that called me was hired by the company to find someone to put in the position. Should I take the job, he'll get a fee paid by the company. Obviously he's none too pleased with the recent developments either. He also said he wanted to take me out to lunch, probably because I just put his kid through another semester of private school It's tough wondering if the grass is greener elsewhere. I think you have to decide whether the increase in pay is worth the freedom you have now. Will the raise be enough to afford you more breathing room financially? Would the new field provide room for growth over where you are now? And would the work interest you? Yeah, these ate the durations that I've been grappling with the past few days.

[NbyNW]

I asked because I think in some cases, the fee that the headhunter collects from the company is based on your compensation. So the idea is that he should be incented to try to negotiate in your favor.

I think it wouldn't hurt to go to lunch with him -- he may be able to provide some context for you re the market for your skills, future prospects, etc.

[shootingstar]

I just had a head hunter offer me a pretty sweet position, too, with a base salary in the upper five figures, but I'd have to pay him $4,900 to do it. Does that sound normal? The job would be in corporate training, which I've never formally done. Informally, yes, in brief workshops, but formally, as part of a corporation, no.

When a similar headhunter got my husband his job, they got a huge finder's fee from the company that hired him. He didn't have to pay anything. They actually invited him out to lunch when he signed the contract to thank him. When I asked about that, the new headhunter guy just looked at me and said, "They don't pay for librarians, even with Masters degrees." I should have gone into programming. Darn it.

So is it worth giving up my part-time elementary school library job with the schedule that allows me to wrap my day around my daughter's activities and vacation days from school to jump into corporate life and all the pressures that go with it, all for a hefty paycheck? I don't know. I'm thinking about it.

Roxy

I am lost --why would you have to pay headhunter the fee? Isn't this a matter between the recruiting firm and client hiring firm???

Sorry, I am not familiar with this at all. I was hired by an employer who initially used a management recruitment firm. The fee was solely between the recruitment firm and the employer. I paid nothing.

Something smells here. For senior level positions in my profession, meaning 5-6-figure salaries (CEOs for large library systems, with several hundred employees), this is the normal process in our industry.

[NoNo]

Not all of them are hired by the company seeking someone. Some work for placement agencies where you go to them and have them seek jobs. I think others work on their own and freelance. There are websites where you can enter a field and get people's names, so it wouldn't be hard to scan the job postings and then call people up. My mom had been working with placement agencies to find her job and told me to ask who was paying the fee if I got hired.

[NoNo]

Yay! I just accepted the job! We agreed on a number between what I wanted and they offered, and I'll get a raise pretty quickly. It'll be weird to actually be challenged at my job again, but I'm looking forward to it.

[Jolt]

I wish I had a job.

Same here! Or I should say, I wish I had a job in my field (acute care nurse practitioner)--I am working part time at the Y and am in the process of (hopefully) picking up hours doing flu clinics this fall until I find something permanent. I just got an email today from a place where I interviewed twice, for a job that really sounded good, saying I was not selected for the position. That hospital has an opening in another department, so I applied for that today and we'll see what happens there. I also had preliminary phone interviews with three places last week and am waiting for them to get back to me with the next step. I'm tired of waiting! And of course, I'm still looking for other jobs to apply for, in lots of different states (Massachusetts is NOT a good place to be a new grad NP right now, at least for acute care specialties, so I will almost certainly have to move for a job unless something completely unexpected happens here). So far the ones that are in the pipeline are in upstate NY and the upper Midwest. I am SO stressed out with not knowing whether I will be able to find something soon or where I will end up...I think this calls for a long and/or hard run this afternoon!

[teresap989]

I'd like a job but something out in the job world doesn't like uni students..even if i can work 3-4 days a week...

Until I find something..i bike, pretend to be a good houseperson, play w my doggies & go crazy...

[NbyNW]

Congratulations NoNo!