Meh
More fool you if you've been taken in by people who are so obviously dodgy what with their blatant lies and silly haircuts and oh-so shiny suits.

Seriously, my job is to discreetly alert viable candidates to the existence of a new role and ultimately provide a shortlist thereof to a client company - a company who pay me a retainer to do this because they trust me. The company interviews the chosen few then make their choice; The successful candidate is thrilled; I get my fee. Life goes on. If six months down the line the new employee has turned out to be psychotic/alcoholic/ineffectual, I have to do the whole job again for nothing. C'est la vie.

I don't really understand the vitriol. I work at home naked, unless I have to do an interview, in which case I'll don my MATT suit out of respect for my interviewee. I'm more porcine than serpentine. The only moral issue is whether I'm fucking over the companies from which I headhunt. A lot of people will use the fact that they've been approached to get a better deal within their own firm, in which case I've only served to awaken them to their market value.

And I have to know the sector I deal in better than the people I'm approaching or I'll get laughed out of court.

You must be talking about Office Angels or something.
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:09, Reply)