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> You need to treat them differently. Really? Why?

• mathattack 8y ago
  If someone has a job, as the recruiter you have to be more respectful of asking for time out of their day. They may not want to talk ad-how in the middle of the day, and have lots of work commitments to work around. You can’t just ask them to show up on short notice. Someone without a job is thrilled to interview somewhere in short noticed and is happy to field calls in the middle of the day.
  • jiveturkey 8y ago
    Not sure I agree. As a candidate you can simply decline calls and call back when convenient. If asked for an in-person on short notice you can simply state you need more lead time. I would much rather have the recruiter be aggressive, giving me the chance to slow it down or keep the pace up.
  • avmich 8y ago
    > you have to be more respectful of asking for time out of their day You have to be respectful always, right? Not only when you have a leverage? > You can’t just ask them to show up on short notice. Someone without job can have other things to worry about. You can always ask, of course, but you shouldn't just assume and proceed from that.
    • mathattack 8y ago
      Yes respectful always. Just that it means different things for different people. The are calls and requests that may thrill the unemployed also annoy the employed.
• watwut 8y ago
  The one with job has job during working hours. Has meetings and deadlines, cant answer any time. Want to proceed more slowly and respect current job commitments. The one without job has time during working hours and is available. Likely prefers more intensive contact and want proceed faster as job search is his priority.