Common Tale of Search Firms: Big Pitches, Big Fees, Few Jobs.

In retrospect, Kerry Fischman said he should have paid more attention to the nagging concern he felt when the saleswoman from the job search company kept pressing him to sign the contract and send in his credit card number. But it had been just two weeks since he lost his management job in safety and compliance at Georgia Pacific, the paper products company, and the maelstrom of emotions was still fresh. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]