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> They know the game. They know the game but it doesn't mean they'll play accordingly. I've had plenty of recruiters tell me they can't realistically move forw
by atom-morgan 11y ago
> They know the game.
They know the game but it doesn't mean they'll play accordingly. I've had plenty of recruiters tell me they can't realistically move forward unless I give them a number and they get aggressive about it. I don't but I imagine most do. So in a way, I can see why he suggests dancing around the topic.
- emidln 11y agoI've told recruiters to not send resumes for candidates who wanted over $X comp. If the person won't let them know a ballpark up front, I'd have never seen the person. Unfortunately, I don't have enough hours in the day to interview good candidates who might or might not be willing to come down on my max comp.
- waterlesscloud 11y agoSo then there is no shortage of good developers.
- kzhahou 11y agoDoes it really happen so often that there's someone you'd hire, but they want more than your absolute max? In my experience, just FINDING good people is 95% of the challenge -- compensation is not a common-blocker to make it a first-round filter. By having your recruiter filter resumes by comp, it may be that they're accidentally throwing out just those few resumes that were actually the strongest! Maybe you could have negotiated to a good number for both of you.
- st3v3r 11y agoWhy don't you instruct the recruiter to come out and say what your range is? That way you avoid the problem.