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How I deal with recruiters: If they need understanding of the technology, I will gladly help them with that. If they need understanding the domain knowledge,
by edw519 15y ago
How I deal with recruiters:
If they need understanding of the technology, I will gladly help them with that.
If they need understanding the domain knowledge, I will gladly help them with that.
If they need understanding of interpersonal, organizational, or "soft" issues, I will gladly help them with that.
If they want referrals, I will usually do what I can.
If they don't call back or follow up, I will eliminate them.
If they are ever dishonest in any way, shape, or form, I will eliminate them and tell everyone I know.
For a recruiter, brutal honesty can overcome any perceived weakness and enable others (even us hackers) to be on their side.
Steve, thanks for your brutal honesty here at hn. That's the best we could hope for and should be a model for any other recruiters lurking here. Respect.
- Peroni 15y agoThanks Ed. As for the points you mentioned, you nailed it.
- dolinsky 15y agoI think that honesty is a two-way street, especially in this scenario, and too many developers wind up holding a recruiter over a fire for what the developer perceives as a dishonest/snake oil salesman approach when they themselves are often inflating the truth either on their resume or when talking about previous accomplishments (I was guilty of this early in my career as well). Now I do my part to be honest, and I look for the same in any recruiter I come across. I'll echo Ed's sentiment in saying thanks and it's nice to read about recruiters who have a passion for the industry and the people in it and not just a passion for making the sale.
- clistctrl 15y agoSo true, there's a lot of bad recruiters out there. However the few I know to be good, I try to keep a good relationship with.