[Tfug] Raytheon work

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>>> Back in the recession of 1991, I had professionals helping me find work. 

>> Does 'professionals' in this case perhaps mean placement angencies or 
>> headhunters?  I hope they were good.

>>> I never forgot when they told me that if a company has to advertise 
>>> in a time of recession, then something's wrong.

>> When they told you this, did they mean
>> 'don't respond to job ads, look for a job *only* through me,
>> your placement agency *professional*?'
>>
>> Surely there's no possible conflict of interest in *that* advice.

> I actually got two separate organizations confused. The "Head Hunters" 
> indeed were the one's that took (and sent me to) the employers that were 
> looking for people. This resulted in some of the worse jobs I ever had.
> 
> The people that enlightened me about there being red flags when a 
> company (in the middle of a bad recession) is seeking out Head Hunters 
> to find people, were *after* I had gone through finding my worse ever 
> jobs from the Head Hunters (that just wanted to fill quotas).
> 
> Rocco

Actually, the "people that enlightened me" was a guy running a workshop 
on looking for work. It was just a workshop and they weren't involved or 
invested in finding work for us. We did that on our own.

Rocco