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Hi Danny, Here’s a question…is it wrong to send other recruiter job postings to clients to say “Look they are posting your job, you can do that? Why don’t you hire a head-hunter?” It’s bold, to the point and kinda throws the other recruiters under a bus…what are your thoughts?? My Response: It crosses boundaries, it is potentially inflammatory, and your phone could blow up with angry calls from competitors and lawyers. In other words, I like how you think. So if you were to employ this technique: (assuming you don’t post jobs and could be called hypocritical) 25% -33% would be genuinely upset at you. They would go down the “you don’t build yourself up by tearing others down” road, they would feel that you should have better things to do than mining other people’s business practices and playing the whistle blower card. They might find this so distasteful they stop working with you. Another 33% (guessing) would be unmoved. They don’t care where the people come from, they just want them, and they’d shrug and say, “I’m sure they all do it.” And then of course, there would be those who 1) find you, as I always do, an inventive and restless mind with a feisty streak [...]