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There's also legal reasons why they don't advertise the company names. There's so much engineers don't know about recruiting. I'm an engineer and spent a lot of

There's also legal reasons why they don't advertise the company names. There's so much engineers don't know about recruiting. I'm an engineer and spent a lot of time talking to 100's of recruiters to understand what and why they do what they do. It's a) expensive for them b) they have a lot of legal things they must worry about and c) Engineers can be very very crappy to speak with when you are an recruiter. They will treat you like crap based on job title only.

opportune 8y ago
What are the legal reasons?
- kortilla 8y ago
  s/legal/money If a recruiter tells you the name of the company up front and you are really interested, you might ignore their message and just apply to the company in which case they don’t get their referral fee.
  - opportune 8y ago
    That’s not a legal reason
  - marcosdumay 8y ago
    Will you? Why would you avoid a person that is doing all the paper work, has some knowledge of the position already, and will have much more selling time with the employer than you could get? Just to save your future employer some money? I can imagine people going through the extra work of avoiding the recruiter if they think it will increase the odds of they getting the job (what means they think the recruiter is incompetent or dishonest), or if working with the recruiter is even more work than going without (what again means the recruiter is incompetent). But I can't imagine people doing that without a problem by the recruiter part. I can also imagine many developers sending the emails directly to the trash, and latter finding out about the position and applying by themselves. That could give one the wrong impression.
  - jvreagan 8y ago
    Actually, they do get their fee if they show they initiated the relationship. Goes both ways: if the company is already working with the candidate, then recruiter doesn't get their fee. So, not a legit reason not to share their client's name.
- mrburton 8y ago
  Recruiting firms don't publish the company name to avoid any legal issues with the content about the particular job. There's a great deal of legal concerns recruiters need to be mindful of when posting. e.g, anything that can be considered a form of discrimination. Most recruiting firms simply avoid publishing the companies name publicly. Companies are very protective of their branding. For all of those people who say it's about money are only going off of what they think. If these people tried to do recruiting they would learn the following: 1. Companies won't just accept candidates from any firm. In fact, there are legal contracts in place between the agency and company. 2. Agencies know that submitting your resume to the company isn't very productive. Recruiters have direct access to hiring managers and it's one of the "perks" of using a recruiter. I know recruiters come off pretty "disrespectful" or "uncaring", but there's another side to the story. I'm an engineer and I decided to do recruiting for a year and learned a great deal about it. I thought my engineering experience would play a huge factor in finding the right people, but what I come to learn was people are very difficult to work with; especially us engineers.
  - ryandrake 8y ago
    I'm curious too, and you didn't answer his question. What specific legal reasons/issues would prevent a recruiter from disclosing the name of the company he or she is recruiting for?

opportune 8y ago

What are the legal reasons?

kortilla 8y ago
s/legal/money If a recruiter tells you the name of the company up front and you are really interested, you might ignore their message and just apply to the company in which case they don’t get their referral fee.
- opportune 8y ago
  That’s not a legal reason
- marcosdumay 8y ago
  Will you? Why would you avoid a person that is doing all the paper work, has some knowledge of the position already, and will have much more selling time with the employer than you could get? Just to save your future employer some money? I can imagine people going through the extra work of avoiding the recruiter if they think it will increase the odds of they getting the job (what means they think the recruiter is incompetent or dishonest), or if working with the recruiter is even more work than going without (what again means the recruiter is incompetent). But I can't imagine people doing that without a problem by the recruiter part. I can also imagine many developers sending the emails directly to the trash, and latter finding out about the position and applying by themselves. That could give one the wrong impression.
- jvreagan 8y ago
  Actually, they do get their fee if they show they initiated the relationship. Goes both ways: if the company is already working with the candidate, then recruiter doesn't get their fee. So, not a legit reason not to share their client's name.
mrburton 8y ago
Recruiting firms don't publish the company name to avoid any legal issues with the content about the particular job. There's a great deal of legal concerns recruiters need to be mindful of when posting. e.g, anything that can be considered a form of discrimination. Most recruiting firms simply avoid publishing the companies name publicly. Companies are very protective of their branding. For all of those people who say it's about money are only going off of what they think. If these people tried to do recruiting they would learn the following: 1. Companies won't just accept candidates from any firm. In fact, there are legal contracts in place between the agency and company. 2. Agencies know that submitting your resume to the company isn't very productive. Recruiters have direct access to hiring managers and it's one of the "perks" of using a recruiter. I know recruiters come off pretty "disrespectful" or "uncaring", but there's another side to the story. I'm an engineer and I decided to do recruiting for a year and learned a great deal about it. I thought my engineering experience would play a huge factor in finding the right people, but what I come to learn was people are very difficult to work with; especially us engineers.
- ryandrake 8y ago
  I'm curious too, and you didn't answer his question. What specific legal reasons/issues would prevent a recruiter from disclosing the name of the company he or she is recruiting for?