Brian Jennings - Avoid this Recruiter!
I received this unprovoked, unsolicited, very rude email from a recruiter named Brian Jennings at Thurmond & Co. this morning. This guy requested to connect with me on LinkedIn, not the other way around. I haven't even spoken to him once, much less asked for his help. Was very surprised to see this email. I'll definitely be actively avoiding him from now on given his attitude. Message text copied below:
Good morning,
Reached out to you a few times to set up a call to discuss a search but don’t believe I ever received a reply. Know you’re busy but have to tell you it’s hard for me to want to help people when they contact me when they think they’re going to lose their seat or simply want to make a change when they haven’t extended the courtesy of a reply earlier to one of my queries. I usually work with people way up the food chain rather than lower level searches for this very reason but am doing so as a favor for one of my clients. That being said, folks like your boss, your boss’s boss and on up know the importance of getting back with people such as myself. Not upset, just giving you the benefit of my experience. Good luck
Brian
Brian Jennings | Senior Managing Director Investment Banking Recruiter | Thurmond & Company, Inc Office: 828-277-6984 | Cell: 828-243-6470
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Dude was negging you.
"Sorry Brian, but after careful consideration and discussions with many qualified candidates, I've decided to go with another headhunter..."
I'm going to continue to sound like a broken record as i've mentioned this many times over: A headhunter review section would be fucking aces! Something anonymous (I don't wana slag a HH off and he work out who i am, which would be easy) and separate from the company data base. The good ones should get rewarded, and the trash squeezed out of the market.
It's a horrible business model having one agent "advising" both sides of the transaction, the weaker party (us) should do what is within our power to furnish ourselves with as much leverage, information and power as we can.
And Patrick, I'd carve it out of WSO, make it across industries (start with finance, consulting etc.) then sell it to Glassdoor.
Hey look he wrote a blog post about this thread https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-intentions-gone-bad-brian-jennings?…