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Dear HR professionals,
I have met a problem, needing your advice. Recently two of our employees came to my office, saying they had got incoming calls from search firm and headhunting company, encou
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posted at 8/2/2007 8:58 PM EDT
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Dear HR professionals,
I have met a problem, needing your advice. Recently two of our employees came to my office, saying they had got incoming calls from search firm and headhunting company, encouraging them to quit and find new job. When they rejected the movement, they were asked to refer their friends, colleagues to try. Our employees didn't like that, so they came to HR for help. Need your advice on how to address this. Any expereince you could share with me? Thanks |
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posted at 8/3/2007 4:10 AM EDT
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Your employees may not like it, but there are very few protections you can give your employees to prevent an experienced recruiter from getting through. If you have employees who have skills in high demand, you're going to attract headhunters.
The most effective is a well trained receptionist who can screen calls, but even that isn't foolproof. |
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posted at 8/3/2007 6:43 AM EDT
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First: 7/27/2007 Last: 8/31/2007 |
Satisfied employees with competitive market wages will usually stop the same headhunter from calling repeatedly.
Unsolicited headhunting phone calls are nothing more than verbal spam. Good note above about well-trained receptionists! For direct line calls, if your employees have caller ID on their phones, they may learn to recognize the calls so they don't have to answer, but it's probably best to simply make sure these employees are content in their jobs. In the meantime, thank the employees for bringing it to your attention, but don't commit to any action (there's really nothing you can do). ...and don't worry about the solicitation itself unless the employees suddenly start taking off half days and wearing suits. |
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