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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh, so unprofessional!!!
It happened to my husband at the end of last summer, a company reached out to him about a job opening and under the philosophy of "don't turn down a job that hasn't been offered" he went to meet with them to learn more about it and hear them out. He wasn't even certain it was a good fit, but was a learning opportunity in his mind at the least. The interview went fine, but nothing else was stated about reaching out to references or talking with his current employer. But, the interviewer knew his current boss indirectly, so took it upon himself to reach out. Needless to say, his current boss was caught very off-guard, and not happy to learn this way hubby was talking jobs with others and took it to mean he was unhappy with current job and would be out the door for another job sooner rather than rather (which really wasn't true). The interview job never lead to anything, and low and behold, within five weeks husband got laid off by his current boss (a year ago yesterday!) and the reasons for being let go were quite lame IMHO.  It was infuriating to say the least and really left us in a bind for a bit.  He's employed elsewhere now, but was not a fun experience. Is /should the moral of the story don't engage people who reach out to you about job opportunities they have?...that seems sad.  Departing comment from someone who's BTDT, please don't reach out to current employers on your own without touching base with the interviewee and giving them the opportunity to have the first conversation with their current employer...if the employee doesn't have that conversation, that's a different story, but be professional and take the moment to call or email them that you're like to speak with their current boss.[/quote]

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