I've got a job interview next week, my first real interview (not teaching) in Japan with a firm of headhunters and basically I need advice. What kind of people usually work for headhunters what skills do they have what does a head hunter do. I'm sure some of you have been in conbtact with them before and for warned is for armed or whatever...

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2000

Answers

Kegsy, e-mail me at the above address, provide me with some more info and I'll try my best to help you.

Bud.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2000

Bud I've just emailed you. Thanks alot :))))

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2000

No experience with head hunters but plenty with recruitment agents (poor mans version!) if that's of any interest to you :))

Sorry I can't be more helpful mate....good luck!!

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2000

Gav, any help would be extremely helpful. Email me with any advice if you can.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2000

Kegsy, I e-mailed you today at ~17.00, Tokyo time, good luck!

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

kegsy have you been yet , ive just seen one today , funny bunch are you going for a job head hunting or are they hunting you ; if so for what kind of job ?

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

Thanks for all the advice, I've got the interview on Tuesday and so it will be a case of getting my head down to prepare over the week end. I'm really br!cking it but at least I'm safe in the knowledge that I've got a good job and so if I don't get it (or I don't like it) I won't be overly depressed!!
Thanks again everyone

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

Good luck Kegsy, hope all goes well.

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

Yup good luck!! but first chill out tiger ;)) it's only a job after all.....

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

aye it only affects your future and potential earnings and quality of life . Nowt to worry about man : - ) Sorry just trying to sound like a head hunter , awrabest mate be candid , oh aye and lie a lot ; - ))

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2000

Well it's Tuesday, already. Interviews been and gone.

I gave a very good account of myself, thanks in no small way to all the advice I was given on here. I met the recruiter and then one of the managers (a good sign I thought) who happened to be an American guy I'd played football with before (small world). I also met one of the other guys who worked there. The manager said he was willing to 'give me a go' and so did the recruiter after the second interview.

I have a second interview next week but at this stage I have reason to feel confident. Now I've just got to decide whether this is what I want to do, whether I can live on a pay cut for the first 3-6 months and whether I think I'll be good with pressure!

Thanks to all of you for your help especially Bud Wiser, Gav, Pete and Sounder and thanks Steph, for the card!

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2000

Love ya Kegsy....

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2000