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Tech recruiters at cold-call end of the Talent Acquisition Funnel aren't offering you a comfortable job, though. They're searching on LinkedIn and offering you
by ipsin 10y ago
Tech recruiters at cold-call end of the Talent Acquisition Funnel aren't offering you a comfortable job, though.
They're searching on LinkedIn and offering you to throw at a company with Similarly Aligned Keywords to see if you stick.
I want to believe that there are higher-quality recruiters out there, ones who understand employee fit from both sides, but I haven't had the privilege of meeting one.
- freework 10y agoAny job with a paycheck on a regular basis is a high quality job, for me at least.
- khedoros1 10y agoWith the tech job market right now, most tech workers can find jobs that pay the bills easily, so they'll tend to raise their level of discrimination a little. So they look for the one that pays a little more, is working with some neat technology, and basically works with their schedule (Or whichever other list of nice-to-haves). When you can afford to be picky, "high quality" takes on a different meaning.
- maym86 10y agoExactly. But the point is that is a luxury for most people. Having recruiters chase you and being irritated by it lacks some awareness of how hard it is for some people to earn a living. It is hard to sympathize with people for having to ignore a few emails every day.
- khedoros1 10y agoThat part of it isn't lost on me. Although, I think being irritated by people (recruiters) harassing you is natural, but complaining about it to someone vying in a less-lively job market is insensitive, and I wouldn't expect that person to sympathize in the least.
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- onewland 10y agoI think the point the parent was trying to make is that responding to a recruiter isn't likely to get you ANY job, because they don't understand the job reqs they're recruiting for nor the people they're trying to place.
- Pica_soO 10y agoIf there where, they would understand the underlying tech and would be drafted to run some department or code/architect on some system. The good recruiters get there time wasted by the bad recruiters, just like everyone else.
- user5994461 10y ago> I want to believe that there are higher-quality recruiters out there, ones who understand employee fit from both sides, but I haven't had the privilege of meeting one. There are the internal recruiters from companies spamming on LinkedIn too. And the recruiters who have good roles and state the companies and salaries upfront.
- mooreds 10y agoThere are. They are called headhunters. They'll meet with you and give first.
- lithos 10y agoThere are, but they're virtually reserved for ex-military. Though that can actually be an interesting problem for all three parties.