Old story. Happened last year.
Due to pressure, Disney has cancelled layoffs.
About 10 years ago, I was looking for a job, and I got a call from a “headhunter” looking for someone who knew Novell networking. They had a crazy laundry list of about a dozen different Novell technologies that the applicant needed to be able to administer. Not only could I handle those products, I was actually certified Novell instructor for every one of the products (At the time, I was certified to teach 22 Novell courses.
Needless to say, I never got the job. A few years later, I learned who the prospective employer was. It turns out they place an Indian national in the job, and he messed things up so badly, he convinced management to completely switch the company from Novell to Microsoft networking.
That employer was a former client of mine, I had installed their pilot network project (upgrading them from OS2 Lan Manager), trained all of their administrators, and worked with them on installing Novell throughout the corporation. I had also done tech support for them over more than 8 years.
Looking back, it didn’t occur to me to contact the company directly, rather than working with a headhunter. Of course, I didn’t know who the perspective employer was, but I should have gone directly to every one of my former clients to see if they were hiring. That part was my fault.
When the manager I spoke with found out I had applied for the job, he was very angry, as it turned out that the guy who was placed there wasn’t very good with Microsoft products either, and they terminated the contract early, and threatened to sue the headhunter.
Mark