Job opportunity question - whether to apply at all

[kedrys]

The s.o. was canned from a lucrative contract job last month over some questionable "conflict of interest" crap - they basically came up with an excuse to cut the s.o. loose.

Now a recruiter called and wants to put the s.o. up for a job that's perfect on paper...except we're pretty sure it's with the same group the s.o. was with.

I think the BS coefficient would be way too high. The s.o. thinks it might make them realize how badly they handled the whole situation.

Any thoughts?

[kedrys]

1. Shameless kick for the overnight crew n/t

[speedoo]

2. Interesting situation.

How well do you know the recruiter?

If you trust him/her, maybe level with them and see what they think. Even if it does not pan out, your so might make a good impression on the recruiter.

Really, I have no idea.

[kedrys]

3. I'm friends with another recruiter who works with the company in question

and would probably give me the low-down. The problem is that she would expect (understandably) to place the s.o. herself, and probably would have done so already if she had seen the s.o.'s resume.

I don't want to burn the first recruiter, and to me the whole thing is a bad-ish idea, but I wanted unbiased opinions. Hence the post.

The first recruiter seems to think the position fits the s.o. like a glove; I think the company wrote it after canning the s.o. and realizing all the s.o. had been doing and was capable of. It's nominally a tech writing and editing job, but with web development skills as well, which none of the other writers on that team has to any noticeable degree.