I recently started looking for a new job, and stupidly contacted an evil HH. This guy sounded good and I  gave my resume to him without getting written promise that he will send my resume upon my approval. Couple of weeks later I got an email from JP Morgan that I need to register at their career site for  quant programmer job which I less preferred than going to a hell. Couple of days later I was contacted by another HH for an interesting position at JPM, but she told that she can’t submit my resume since I already applied there before. Now I want that evil Peter stop sending my resume to anywhere. What is the best strategy for this? I would highly appreciate your advice on this.

that is not the way that it works.  that is bull.  1) what is the job you want.  2) don't worry about burning the bridge - he will be selling cars in a weekk or two - email him and tell him to stop immediately.  If you really want to to could kick the shit out of him and his mother probably would understrand.

Hi Chiral, I am not a HH. I am looking to change current job and  I just want to share my experience with anyone who might be looking for a job in near future... Is there a still a chance that this evil HH keeps sending my resume  even after I ask to stop? What should I do then?

I had a cituation like this before. Here's what I did. I called the guy and gave him a good scream in the ear. I promised to tell all perspective employers that he's the worst asshole I ever met etc. A few days later his boss called me to apologize. They stopped mailing my resume and I never heard from them again.

Now, can we have the last name of that evil Peter? It's in the interest of the phamily that such names are known.

I believe there're no 'good' HHs when it comes to entry level. All those I've dealt with are just CV warehouses. They play a 'number game', which a job seeker can't play with regards to them (I mean a job seeker can't contact too many HHs since if several copies of your CV appear on the same person's desk sent by different HHs all will probably go straight to the bin).

Also I don't believe there's any way to stop HHs sending your CV without asking you first (at least not in the US). So I think the safest bet for entry level is not to contact too many HHs when you start your job search (not more than 4-5). I believe it doesn't matter whom to contact though (see above). Also if you start telling HHs that you're VERY concerned about where your CV is sent and insist on him/her contacting you before sending your CV, he/she may get an impression that either you deal with too many HHs or have been interviewed in too many places before (or both!), so I don't think it's a good idea. The best way when looking for entry level is too try all possible approaches and not to rely on HHs too heavily. The only thing is DON'T APPLY on big banks' websites (at least with your real name )

I actually was referring to my entry level search. Perhaps I was lucky indeed.

Now that you got me thinking I remember another problem that I encountered at that time. I screwed up a number of interviews, of course. Having received negative feedback, some of the HH's seemed to completely hang up on me (perhaps they didn't have another appropriate opening - I don't know for sure). I wonder if this is a common mode of operation.

Best time to get juniors if you can;t get them first, exclusive and train them up is when they have ballsed up with another HH - battle scarred guys are ten times more likely to get roles than greenhorns.  interviewing is a skill, and a skill hard to learn theoretically.

I'd always recommend interviewing first for a job you'd consider turning down if you got it - and if you do it on someone elses time thats fine with me...