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Worst recruiter ever, for me: He sent me an email for an 8-month contract on the other side of the country. This despite my profile on every job site saying "f
by amyjess 11y ago
Worst recruiter ever, for me:
He sent me an email for an 8-month contract on the other side of the country. This despite my profile on every job site saying "full-time only" and "I am not willing to relocate". I ignore it.
Later that day (or maybe the next day), he calls me. I tell him no, and I make it abundantly clear I'm not interested in any kind of contract position. He starts arguing with me, and he starts going into how it's more like a full-time job since the contract is long term. I say "don't call me again" while loudly speaking over him, and then I hang up without waiting a response.
A week later, he sends me another email for the same position. I reply with a strongly-worded email telling him to cease and desist from ever contacting me again and that I will never work with him or his firm.
An hour later, he calls me again. I chewed him out and hung up on him right away.
I planned on calling his recruiting firm's HR department and reporting his extremely inappropriate behavior, but I never got around to it. And if I'd had the money, I would've hired a lawyer to properly C&D him.
As far as I'm concerned, this guy is a spammer. I've dealt with dozens of recruiters offering contract and/or out-of-town positions, but none of them have been as pushy as him. With everyone else, I just ignore their emails without reply, and they never call me or send a follow-up email.
Other terrible recruiters include the legion of people who insist on asking for me by my old name, despite me having legally changed my name (first, middle, and last) well over a year ago.
And just for fun, I saw a recruiter link his LinkedIn profile by posting the URL that takes you to editing your own profile.