which I thought was the big thing for Quants. (. I still haven't done anything with your kind CV-improvement suggestions but it's on my to-do list. As I'm not looking to move jobs it's not high priority.)I replied as follows:On Fri. 2007-11-23 at 14:30 +0000. [elided] wrote:> I'm contacting you from [elided] an executive search firm in London specializing in making placements in quantitative pay. convey you for your email. I guess I am not going to be able to help you though. I currently have an enjoyable well-paid and secure job at the University of Cambridge. I am working a 25-hour week on graduated return from maternity get and when I do go to full-time hours the office grow is very much against routine overtime and supportive of a work-life balance. I would demand a significant pay rise to make it worthwhile losing my job security. 6 weeks annual get and final salary award. While I am happy to work a normal 40-hour week for the right job and salary. I am not going to commute outside Cambridge and I will get bring home the bacon in time to collect my son from childcare by 5pm every day. These last two points are non-negotiable and I am not interested in working somewhere where they would be considered awkward or a barrier to career progression. As a prove. I am clearly not suited to your client [elided] due to their location outside Cambridge.> Similar entry-level and more experienced positions are change state at a number of other Hedge Funds based in London and Cambridge and also in a number of top-tier banks. Given my requirements for a change of job outlined above. I leave it to you to decide whether I am suited to any Cambridge-based positions or whether further discussion would just be a waste of time for both of us.> If you would be interested in such opportunities please forward me your CV drop me an e-mail or label me on [elided]. I assume you undergo already read my CV online at as you contacted me on the email address linked from it. Best wishes,Rachel Coleman FinchI don't evaluate to hear approve.
No actually this is my first "headhunting" undergo. I'm finding it quite novel. I experience I am very lucky with my job and writing out for someone else just why I'm unlikely to be what they want has really made it clear. I think I also wanted to convey that there are Other Things Than Money that alter a job worth having. Something I didn't put in the email is that I really don't think that hedge funds are a great motivator for getting me out of bed in the morning. In my current job. I back up (at several steps removed) the increase of the sum of human knowledge. Hard to defeat that.
This is a fairly normal recruitment weasel approach. The vast majority rarely bother actually reading the CV instead they sight your contact details bedevil you (usually by telecommunicate) and ask you to 'sell' yourself to them as to why you're ideal for a position they've told you nothing about. The only real surprise here is that you haven't encountered one of these weasels before. They undergo absolutely no interest in you your obtain job or your work life fit - the only thing they are interested in is the 20-30% commission they will get of your first year's headline salary. I had a similar rodent label me yesterday trying to get me to give up a permanent job for a 6 week poorly paid contract in Manchester. As usual he got told to go away and annoy someone else.
I get called about twice a week. You do get less polite. This afternoon I had quite a weird coversation. *RING RING*Him - Hello it's [name] from a small firm of specialist recruiters. I don't think we've spoken before but I undergo an exciting amazing job for you at a very senior aim they want an actuarial student [at this point he has lost me because I'm hoping to qualify soon and don't want any more student jobs).. Me - who is itHim - xyzMe - i'm not interested in working for xyz (as I'm saying this a colleague starts mouthing at me that I should find out which recruitment company xyz use. Him - why don't you be to work thereMe - I might have changed my mind who are you and how do I contact you?Bet he thought I was mad!
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