Organizational Mason, Talent Acquisition Enthusiast, Rebellious Recruiter, Purple Squirrel Hunter, and Challenger of the Status Quo. Semper Fi. Opinions mine.
i feel like i don’t have enough context to respond to your question. who was the
recipient and what was the impetus to the rant? i have a question, though: why
didn’t peter just pick up the phone?
Fair point. Here is the leading info to the letter written above:
“I have asked
Peter permission to allow me to share a letter he constructed and sent,
in response to an HR representative who chastised him for initiating
his approach to this client, directly to the President and then the CFO
of a multi-billion dollar company. He copied this letter directly to
the President and the CFO, resulting in a formal apology from the
Director of Recruitment and the individual “talent acquisition rep” who
had the “hissy fit”. A telephone interview was bypassed and a sendout
was arranged the following day for the candidate he marketed.
I am certainly going to use the theme of this letter from now on, when
appropriate and feel that as an industry, if we all became more respect
demanding, our relationships, quality of work and total outcomes would
clearly rise. It is my pleasure and with Peter’s approval, to share. The
following is his letter:”
I thought the same about a phone call vs. email, but perhaps because of the desire to bring in the CFO and President, email was preferred?
Anonymous
November 18, 2011 1:44 PMi feel like i don’t have enough context to respond to your question. who was the
recipient and what was the impetus to the rant? i have a question, though: why
didn’t peter just pick up the phone?
Brenden Wright
November 18, 2011 3:21 PMHi Charlie,
Fair point. Here is the leading info to the letter written above:
“I have asked
Peter permission to allow me to share a letter he constructed and sent,
in response to an HR representative who chastised him for initiating
his approach to this client, directly to the President and then the CFO
of a multi-billion dollar company. He copied this letter directly to
the President and the CFO, resulting in a formal apology from the
Director of Recruitment and the individual “talent acquisition rep” who
had the “hissy fit”. A telephone interview was bypassed and a sendout
was arranged the following day for the candidate he marketed.
I am certainly going to use the theme of this letter from now on, when
appropriate and feel that as an industry, if we all became more respect
demanding, our relationships, quality of work and total outcomes would
clearly rise. It is my pleasure and with Peter’s approval, to share. The
following is his letter:”
I thought the same about a phone call vs. email, but perhaps because of the desire to bring in the CFO and President, email was preferred?