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It's unfortunate a few knuckleheads decided to "teach you a lesson." You can't please everyone. Thank you for wanting to contribute to the community and giving

It's unfortunate a few knuckleheads decided to "teach you a lesson." You can't please everyone. Thank you for wanting to contribute to the community and giving a gift to people who were not confident of their CVs and resumes. I'm sure you were able to help at least one person drastically change their CV for the better. Can you elaborate on your "edge" when you worked as a recruiter with a tech background?

Peroni 15y ago
Keep an eye out for future posts on what I think is drastically wrong with the recruitment industry. In a nutshell, I worked as a developer for a number of years and two key factors seem to have made a drastic difference: 1. Practical industry experience. I understand the full software development lifecycle. I know what it's like to work on boring, unchallenging projects and I like to think know what get's people excited about going to work in the morning. 2. I'm self-aware. I know our industry is universally hated by clients and candidates alike. I understand exactly why our industry has a terrible reputation and I actively conduct my business in the opposite manner to what you may have come to expect from recruiters. I don't 'key word match', money is not my primary focus, I don't try and shoe-horn candidates into roles that won't interest them and when it comes to clients I find out everything I need to know at the beginning and I try to be as unintrusive as physically possible throughout the process.
- rluhar 15y ago
  Having worked with recruiters a few times, I would say you are most definitely an exception rather than the rule. Mostly it comes down to buzzword bingo. I had problems when trying to explain to a recruiter that we were looking for a junior Java developer, but they kept sending us CVs with people with 8-10 years experience. After all they had "Java" on their CV didn't they. Very frustrating. A recruiter who understands, and has true experience in the domain is invaluable. I wish you all the best!
  - Peroni 15y ago
    Thanks!
- shareme 15y ago
  Like I stated on your blog post in comments..you live up the word recruiter..a nice change..when I do get to London(currently in the Midwest USA) will attempt to find you ad offer you a pint..

Peroni 15y ago

Keep an eye out for future posts on what I think is drastically wrong with the recruitment industry. In a nutshell, I worked as a developer for a number of years and two key factors seem to have made a drastic difference: 1. Practical industry experience. I understand the full software development lifecycle. I know what it's like to work on boring, unchallenging projects and I like to think know what get's people excited about going to work in the morning. 2. I'm self-aware. I know our industry is universally hated by clients and candidates alike. I understand exactly why our industry has a terrible reputation and I actively conduct my business in the opposite manner to what you may have come to expect from recruiters. I don't 'key word match', money is not my primary focus, I don't try and shoe-horn candidates into roles that won't interest them and when it comes to clients I find out everything I need to know at the beginning and I try to be as unintrusive as physically possible throughout the process.

rluhar 15y ago
Having worked with recruiters a few times, I would say you are most definitely an exception rather than the rule. Mostly it comes down to buzzword bingo. I had problems when trying to explain to a recruiter that we were looking for a junior Java developer, but they kept sending us CVs with people with 8-10 years experience. After all they had "Java" on their CV didn't they. Very frustrating. A recruiter who understands, and has true experience in the domain is invaluable. I wish you all the best!
- Peroni 15y ago
  Thanks!
shareme 15y ago
Like I stated on your blog post in comments..you live up the word recruiter..a nice change..when I do get to London(currently in the Midwest USA) will attempt to find you ad offer you a pint..