Hello.
>
> I am just after a bit of advice. Today at work I received a telephone
> call from someone who wanted to speak with me, and claimed he was a > head hunter. >
> I have slight doubts about this as I don't understand why anyone would
> want to head hunt me? I am also a little suspicious because he got my
> first name slightly wrong, he asked for Jonathan, not John, but he did
> get my second name correct.
>
> The reason I am also a little suspicious is because the company I work
> for had to unfortunately make a number of people redundant, and I
> believe that perhaps the person may really be someone trying to get
> people to speak out against the company on behalf of others who were > made redundant.
>
> What are your thoughts? I always believe it was only the top people
> at companies that got head hunted, not the people nearer the bottom? >
> I was quite busy at work but I asked him to call me back at around 7pm
> tonight as I am quite intrigued to what he has to say.
>
> If anyone can offer any advice before then on this I'd appreciate it. > > John
>
>
If there is a sniff of redundancies, the recruitment agencies will be all over key employees - why so suspicious? What have you got to lose by speaking with them?