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“Don’t lie to me” would be a good start. - Don’t place a job ad for a job that doesn’t exist. - Don’t use my references as a way to call my former managers to
by chrisbennet 8y ago
“Don’t lie to me” would be a good start.
- Don’t place a job ad for a job that doesn’t exist.
- Don’t use my references as a way to call my former managers to ask if they are looking to hire. I had a recruiter call my references “to check my references” and then segway into asking if they were hiring - when I’m not even looking for a job. I was burned once and I will never give out references to a recruiter, just to the hiring manager.
- Don’t call me from hundreds of miles away to talk to me about a position you know nothing about.
- Don’t say you are working with a company that you aren’t.
- Don’t tell me our goals are aligned “because if I get you a higher salary, I make more in commission”.
- Please don’t call me if your English is so poor that I can’t understand you.
There are good recruiters (I’ve worked with them) so it is possible to act decently and still stay in business. [1]
[1] John Spencer at Connected Systems Partners is a guy you might ask about “doing it right”
- gargarplex 8y agoSounds like an open recruitment code of conduct might be in order, with some evidence that it is adhered-to (like maybe a reward for reporting violators). Can you expound upon this point please? >- Don’t call me from hundreds of miles away to talk to me about a position you know nothing about. Shall reach out to John Spencer.
- chrisbennet 8y agoI once had a recruiter from Texas call me about a position local to me (I’m in New England) who couldn’t tell me much of anything about the position. “They didn’t tell me” is what he said, referring to his employers. The same day, a “good” recruiter I’d worked with in the past, called me about the same position. “I wish you had called earlier” I told him. The knows-nothing recruiter had already set me up with a phone screen interview for later that day. When the “good” recruiter learned that the knows-nothing recruiter hadn’t been able to prepare me for the interview, he told me all about the position and the manager, preparing me for my upcoming phone screen. Yes, he tried to help me get a job that, not only wouldn’t have earned him a commission, I would have been competing with his own candidates. My impression is that recruiters in my area, work with companies in my area. My experience with recruiters calling from thousands of miles away, was that they didn’t seem to have a knowledge of local companies.
- ccajas 8y agoBeing hyped up as a good candidate and relayed from person to person only to have no leads or offers for you makes you feel like you encountered the biggest farce in your recent time.