Does the Headhunter maintain client confidentiality?
Clearly there are times when a client is keen to maintain a certain degree of confidentiality. This may be because they do not want their staff to discover they are seeking to fill a specific position or that they do not want key competitors to become aware. However, the headhunter is approaching people who are not actually looking for a new job and therefore they need key facts before deciding whether they would like to pursue the opportunity. The headhunter can only do so much in enticing a potential candidate to open up and gain interest in a potential career move without informing the candidate of the client’s identity. The key issue is the headhunter deciding when the right time has come to divulge the name of the client and this usually comes when the candidate has given some form of commitment and this could be by way of sending the headhunter a CV or at least convincing the headhunter of reasons as to why they would be willing to pursue another challenge. It is very unusual how
