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I appreciate the value in theory, but practically tech recruitment seems to be a bit silly. Recruiters have a habit of cornering the market; if they have all th
by matthewmacleod 10y ago
I appreciate the value in theory, but practically tech recruitment seems to be a bit silly. Recruiters have a habit of cornering the market; if they have all the best candidates on their books, employers are almost obliged to indulge what's effectively rent-seeking behaviour. Ideally it would be much better if qualified candidates speak directly to employers and lose the go-between, who doesn't add a huge amount of value (though they can to some extent take a bit of the work out for the candidate, and possible negotiate salary and benefits more forcefully).
To me the much bigger problem in tech recruitment is the difficulty of finding permanent staff rather than contractors. I don't know what the state of the market is in the US, but in London good permanent staff are becoming as rare as hens' teeth. The natural outcome of a seller's market, I suppose.
- user5994461 10y agoThere are many companies that you cannot enter without going through a recruiters or an employee referring you.
- smsm42 10y agoThey have potential to add huge value for candidates. I.e., if I looked for a job, I'd appreciate somebody to take the annoying part - scheduling, initial talking/pitching, resume sending, introductions, filtering out obvious mismatches, negotiating good terms, etc. - and only do the actual interviewing and deciding. But from what I hear, most recruiters are underqualified to do that, and/or prefer to play simple numbers game - spam enough people and you may get lucky.