>Do you think it would be appropriate for Ken to contact the prospective employer HR person to enlighten them to MS position on VFP.? I do not think that it is enough for a prospect to "quote" MS or to give references, because the employer will either not belive or will not follow-up.

The trouble with head hunters is that they're doing the sacred duty of middlemen (or was it middlepersons? :) - doing their best to convince both sides that they're indispensable.

Which means I don't even know who the prospective employer is.