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  • A boutique alliance of real recruiters in Northern California specializing in search for high-tech executives, management, and senior contributors, particularly in corporate IT.
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  • Since 1997, the website for Linda Tuerk, John Barry of Software Images, Inc., and Jim Thomas.
  • A favorite Silicon Valley source for sanity, experience, ethics, and free general advice on a variety of career subjects, including job search strategies, candidate search and hiring , and dealing with search firms, headhunters, and recruiters of all sorts.

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Ethical Headhunters and Real Recruiters:

  • monitor integrity levels and investigate inconsistencies;
  • do not pretend to know things they do not know;
  • are happy to provide references quickly;
  • will call off a deal at the 11th hour if it is not of benefit to everyone involved;
  • use their real names, with everyone, all the time.
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