Scarlett Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Dh is applying for Civil Designer jobs. A headhunter has a job they are working on. Resume and cover letter has been sent. The employer is asking the head hunter to ask dh what kind of experience he has in several different specific areas. Dh answered with a lot of detail....then headhunter says, 'he is wanting to know which projects you worked on. Dh lists 4 or 5 of his biggest projects from his last job. They are huge well known jobs in 3 different cities (which indicates dh can work across multiple municipalities) The guy writes back and says he wants to know ALL of the jobs he worked on? Is this.....normal? Dh will have to go through his work material and list out about 30 jobs he did for his last employer over a year and a half. Seems excessive to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I've had this happen. My resume says things for a college I worked for over 15 years like "Taught various classes in the X department, served on curriculum committees, and served as a volunteer advisor." The current college I work for wanted a full list of classes and what semesters I taught them, specifically what curriculum committees I sat on with the decisions involved, and which semesters I worked as an advisor. I didn't include all that in my resume because I have 30+ years of work experience. Try to condense that! They only do this when they are narrowing though, so that's good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 I've had this happen. My resume says things for a college I worked for over 15 years like "Taught various classes in the X department, served on curriculum committees, and served as a volunteer advisor." The current college I work for wanted a full list of classes and what semesters I taught them, specifically what curriculum committees I sat on with the decisions involved, and which semesters I worked as an advisor. I didn't include all that in my resume because I have 30+ years of work experience. Try to condense that! They only do this when they are narrowing though, so that's good news. But there hasn't even been an interview yet. At first I thought the recruiter was just trying to get an abundance of info...but he just now sent a follow up email that says "I was speaking with <potential employer> and he said Yes, put all project together and your specific task on each project and email it over to me and I will forward it over to him." That is just.....nuts. Dh is out doing side jobs so we can pay the bills....when he gets home he will have to gather this info. Also I think he needs to be careful about the specifics he reveals about his former employer....hmmmm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Is this.....normal? Dh will have to go through his work material and list out about 30 jobs he did for his last employer over a year and a half. I have only had that amount of info asked for govt or miltrary related tenders. The clients wanted the project list of every engineer that is going to be working on the project, college academic history and security clearance. One of the clients who ask for plenty of info was Halliburton :p I would not provide that info to a headhunter because there is no privacy contract between your husband and the headhunter. I would just say that the info would be provided at the interview due to confidentiality reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 OP I agree that is excessive. I would want your DH to be speaking directly with the hiring manager or hiring supervisor in the client company. They may just be fishing for information via the headhunter. I would want your DH to be speaking directly with the client company, to see whether or not there is any mutual interest and what they are looking for specifically in his background. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 OP I agree that is excessive. I would want your DH to be speaking directly with the hiring manager or hiring supervisor in the client company. They may just be fishing for information via the headhunter. I would want your DH to be speaking directly with the client company, to see whether or not there is any mutual interest and what they are looking for specifically in his background. I agree....but he also doesn't want to tick them off since it is a very big company and would be a great job with great benefits. He is going to talk to an engineer he has worked with on side jobs who used to work at this company ....Dh thinks he knows the actual hiring manager....and get his take on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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