Actually, a team of NASA scientists already found what they claim to be fossils of Martian microbes on a meteorite recovered in Antarctica. The story is that this meteorite was originally formed as sedimentary rock on the planet mars, and then somehow ended up in a mountain range on Antarctica. If you go outside tonite, you can look up and see Mars in the sky. With state-of-the-art technology, it takes some months for vehicles built on Earth to reach Mars. Apparently this rock came to earth from Mars without a spacship. Interesting isn't it?
http://www.eoascientific.com/prototype/newcampus/s pace/12/meteor/meteor2.html
I was recruited by a headhunter working on retainer for the hiring company. It worked out quite well, and my headhunter was a nice guy.
One odd thing... some weeks after I started (presumably after they finished the contract with the company that hired me) he called me about another available position in another city.
A different experience with a different headhunter: It was while I was in school, on a student budget, supporting a young wife. The headhunter had an interview lined up for me in another city. As yellow alert flashed in the back of my mind. Who would pay for travel, I asked. (This was during the recession of the early 90's, before the bubble.) He said that they don't pay for that any more, I would have to pay my own. So I said let's do a phone interview first, and then I would travel if it went well. He gave me the name and number of the manager to call. I called the manager and he had *no idea* of who I was. Anyway, we had a nice chat but decided it was not a good match. After that experience, I was much more careful dealing with headhunters. Epilog: A few months later, I read in the paper that the company was interviewed by decided to close that location.
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Actually, a team of NASA scientists already found what they claim to be fossils of Martian microbes on a meteorite recovered in Antarctica. The story is that this meteorite was originally formed as sedimentary rock on the planet mars, and then somehow ended up in a mountain range on Antarctica. If you go outside tonite, you can look up and see Mars in the sky. With state-of-the-art technology, it takes some months for vehicles built on Earth to reach Mars. Apparently this rock came to earth from Mars without a spacship. Interesting isn't it? http://www.eoascientific.com/prototype/newcampus/s pace/12/meteor/meteor2.html
I was recruited by a headhunter working on retainer for the hiring company. It worked out quite well, and my headhunter was a nice guy. One odd thing... some weeks after I started (presumably after they finished the contract with the company that hired me) he called me about another available position in another city. A different experience with a different headhunter: It was while I was in school, on a student budget, supporting a young wife. The headhunter had an interview lined up for me in another city. As yellow alert flashed in the back of my mind. Who would pay for travel, I asked. (This was during the recession of the early 90's, before the bubble.) He said that they don't pay for that any more, I would have to pay my own. So I said let's do a phone interview first, and then I would travel if it went well. He gave me the name and number of the manager to call. I called the manager and he had *no idea* of who I was. Anyway, we had a nice chat but decided it was not a good match. After that experience, I was much more careful dealing with headhunters. Epilog: A few months later, I read in the paper that the company was interviewed by decided to close that location.