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Completely opposite experience here. Nothing good ever came from the recruiters (unlike the direct contacts with the companies). Usually they are hiring for the

Completely opposite experience here. Nothing good ever came from the recruiters (unlike the direct contacts with the companies). Usually they are hiring for the most undesirable roles/ problematic companies, they misrepresent the roles to the candidates and the candidates to the companies. The most annoying thing is however when they cold email you saying "I have this great role for an awesome company". Without saying what the company name and the role is.

diggan 10y ago
Reading that last paragraph reminds of a recruiter we had at a previous company. She emailed me and wanted to interview me for a position, for the same company! She said I was perfect for the role and would fit so good with the company and I agreed. Seems she didn't read either my Facebook, Twitter, Github or Stack Overflow profile where I had which company I currently work for, very visible. In the end, I agreed to have a call with her, just to show her midways that I already was in the office of the company she was recruiting for. She felt bad for it, and then we found new recruiters. Not saying all recruiters are like this, just a fun anecdote.
nunez 10y ago
Ask them for the company. If they can't provide it, then move on. If you're still curious, you can take a snippet of the description of the job they provide and search for it verbatim on Google to find an entry from a recruiter who forgot to not disclose. Either way, move on if they won't tell you who it is.
pawelwentpawel 10y ago
That is a really good point a truly annoying experience and a very common occurrence. Very often I get messages that specify the requirements and some buzz words but no mention of company or product that the potential candidate would be working at. I'm wondering if it's a thought through technique as it almost seems like a bait just to get people on the phone.
- scarface74 10y ago
  They won't tell you the company up front for a few reasons. The actually company doesn't want to be inundated with resumes without being filtered by the recruiter. Most companies don't have an exclusive agreement with the company. If they told you the company up front and you decided to apply directly. They won't get their commission. In the same vein, if another recruiter caught wind that the target company is hiring, they may try to contact the company directly. Of course they want to get people on the phone.
jerdfelt 10y ago
In my experience, do a web search with a unique phrase out of the company or job description. It will often lead to the same job posting directly from the company.

diggan 10y ago

Reading that last paragraph reminds of a recruiter we had at a previous company. She emailed me and wanted to interview me for a position, for the same company! She said I was perfect for the role and would fit so good with the company and I agreed. Seems she didn't read either my Facebook, Twitter, Github or Stack Overflow profile where I had which company I currently work for, very visible. In the end, I agreed to have a call with her, just to show her midways that I already was in the office of the company she was recruiting for. She felt bad for it, and then we found new recruiters. Not saying all recruiters are like this, just a fun anecdote.

nunez 10y ago

Ask them for the company. If they can't provide it, then move on. If you're still curious, you can take a snippet of the description of the job they provide and search for it verbatim on Google to find an entry from a recruiter who forgot to not disclose. Either way, move on if they won't tell you who it is.

pawelwentpawel 10y ago

That is a really good point a truly annoying experience and a very common occurrence. Very often I get messages that specify the requirements and some buzz words but no mention of company or product that the potential candidate would be working at. I'm wondering if it's a thought through technique as it almost seems like a bait just to get people on the phone.

scarface74 10y ago
They won't tell you the company up front for a few reasons. The actually company doesn't want to be inundated with resumes without being filtered by the recruiter. Most companies don't have an exclusive agreement with the company. If they told you the company up front and you decided to apply directly. They won't get their commission. In the same vein, if another recruiter caught wind that the target company is hiring, they may try to contact the company directly. Of course they want to get people on the phone.

jerdfelt 10y ago

In my experience, do a web search with a unique phrase out of the company or job description. It will often lead to the same job posting directly from the company.