A headhunter contacted me... should I inquire?

[Deja Q]

I will likely have surgery in a couple of weeks. Should I say I'm interested in the job, or say 'thanks but I will soon be having surgery, but please keep me on your list?'

Thanks!

[KurtNYC]

1. I think I would inquire now and not mention the surgery

Good luck!

[goodbody]

2. I would check it out

You have nothing to lose and you'll always be curious if you don't.

[papau]

4. true - :-)

It also gives you a feel for the market (as in I have not been contacted in a year - so I think my "market" may be zip!)

[redqueen]

3. Inquire

You never know... it might be something you'd really like.

[Squeech]

5. Was this a cold call?

If so, this is the first genuinely positive sign for our limping economy so far this century!

I remember in previous jobs, we used to get cold calls (i.e. calls from somebody who had no idea who you were, or whether you were looking to move, just kinda hoping you were fed up enough that day to be interested in entertaining other options) every other week. The IT job market was just boiling over! We could flip off our managers with impunity! Those were the days!

I was a jerk and slept through the great Y2K scare, when I could have made boatloads as a consultant. I was bored with computers.

I re-entered the job market in summer 2000, at what in retrospect was the point where it was starting to tighten. I did this dance with one particular company that kept saying they wanted to hire me but was never quite able to make a real offer. Meanwhile the job fairs sponsored by our local newspapers' advertising departments got to be much lamer, and *way* less frequent.

Finally got my current job in 2001. (I'm so contrarian I only hold a full time job during Repuke presidencies. How stupid is that?)

[Deja Q]

6. Cold call? I'm not familiar with the term. :-(

It's a response to my online resume. It is for a helpdesk (rather than field) position and I hate answering calls... :-( Still, I know I'm better than other HD staff I know of.

[420inTN]

7. Inquire about the job, the pay, and when you will be expected to start...

sometimes these things take several weeks (interviews, contract negotiations, etc.). How long of a recovery period will you need? Ask all of your questions, and if they expect you to start before your recovery period is over, let them know that you will not be available until XX date. If they can't work with that, you haven't lost anything. If that's fine with them, then great. Besides, it may be a job that doesn't interest you. It will probably be better to know, and not take it, than to not take it and never know.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Inquire. Things don't usually move that fast and if the surgery

becomes an issue because things have progressed, deal with it then.

[StopTheMorans]

9. why not stick your neck out?

:silly:

[regularguy]

10. Herbie Hancock called you?!?!?!?

Oh, that kind of headhunter. Nevermind. :)

[HEAVYHEART]

11. Inquire

Talk to the headhunter and tell him you're interested. Also, tell him about your upcoming surgery.

[Pirate Smile]

12. What kind of surgery? How long are you going to be out of commission?

(I already said to inquire in an earlier post)

[warrens]

13. Call back now

The surgery thing is just a brief episode. This could be your career.