Why recruiters are like Cheaters ?
Not an original idea but one of my colleagues figured this out one day during an office debate. It was so funny and I find it so true that I had to share it.
So... lately more and more people get in the game of Headhunting and Recruiting. No biggie, but I couldn't shake the resemblance between these people and the following scenario:
Imagine a nice dinner party and there are two people there. A couple. Maybe a few years have passed and the love between the partners in these couple have changed a bit, maybe they have some differences but they are very ok with each-other and just trying to enjoy a nice dinner. Everything is fine. Then something happens: out of the blue a nice person comes and sits at the table uninvited and start talking to the lady. He starts presenting the opportunity for her to start a new relationship with a richer man, a stronger man, maybe fitter, maybe a bigger d--k. She will be enjoying better furniture, better food, better shopping experience, better sex. She will have to work less for all that maybe.
How is this different from the recruitment process? How is this different from the headhunting game?
What if we start hitting on the girlfriends and boyfriends of the recruiters and not hide it, do it in plain sight, because after all we are just presenting "a better offer".
Have fun hating this article but maybe, just maybe... you will see the resemblance!
PS: Thank you II for the idea ;). I still enjoy it!
Software Developer at Yazaki
5 年The analogy falls short, imho. A relationship is much more than the material and physical details (money, mansion size, the partner's physique etc). What you feel for the person is not replaceable and not transferable onto another person. You like/love their attitude, behavior, sense of humor -- all personal characteristics. An employment contract is, on the other hand, mostly about the quantifiable stuff (money paid, benefits, etc). Sure, there's also the human side, whether you like your current coworkers and/or managers, whether the company culture meshes well with you -- but, by and large, employment is about the reward. Which makes head-hunting very fair game. Oh, and by the way: some people try to snatch others from their existing relationships all the time. Not in an obvious manner, but they do. How they do it is sometimes questionable, however.