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Because it's nonsense gibberish that won't help you. You can completely lie to a recruiter about your motives if you want. Revealing personal information isn't

Because it's nonsense gibberish that won't help you. You can completely lie to a recruiter about your motives if you want. Revealing personal information isn't required, but presenting yourself as hirable is. It's not some psychological battle of wits with the recruiter you're up against, they don't have ulterior motives, they seldom have any allegiances and companies generally don't have allegiances to them either unless contracts are in place. As a career path they also seem to burn out quickly and there's a ton of them vying for the same jobs. They get commissions by placing candidates that stick around for 90/180/365 days. That's all they really care about and treating them as an adversary means you're bad commission fodder. Instead try to learn how to help each other and you can both profit off of the situation. Or just don't talk to recruiters, seems pretty straightforward.

b20000 5y ago
maybe they should examine why they are burning out. maybe it’s because they are only interested in making a quick commission and don’t understand how to tell the company they are hiring for, to pay realistic compensation for the candidates they need to hire?
- evilduck 5y ago
  Recruiters have absolutely no say in what companies will ultimately pay, they negotiate within the budget a company sets out. Who ever gave you the impression that they have that power? I've been on both sides of this table and when a recruiter passes a candidate over to me that's beyond my budget I tell them that and we move on. They aren't going to argue with the company beyond budget limits. If I ask why the candidate pool is trickling in or refusing offers they will tell me the pay range is why, but they're not the ones in charge.
  - b20000 5y ago
    if the company comes up with a budget that is too small it should be a pass for the recruiter. saves everyone a lot of time.
JJMcJ 5y ago
Perhaps "forcing" is too strong. But if the candidate does go along, then that promotes obedience to the recruiter, under the heading of "candidate control".

b20000 5y ago

maybe they should examine why they are burning out. maybe it’s because they are only interested in making a quick commission and don’t understand how to tell the company they are hiring for, to pay realistic compensation for the candidates they need to hire?

evilduck 5y ago
Recruiters have absolutely no say in what companies will ultimately pay, they negotiate within the budget a company sets out. Who ever gave you the impression that they have that power? I've been on both sides of this table and when a recruiter passes a candidate over to me that's beyond my budget I tell them that and we move on. They aren't going to argue with the company beyond budget limits. If I ask why the candidate pool is trickling in or refusing offers they will tell me the pay range is why, but they're not the ones in charge.
- b20000 5y ago
  if the company comes up with a budget that is too small it should be a pass for the recruiter. saves everyone a lot of time.

JJMcJ 5y ago

Perhaps "forcing" is too strong. But if the candidate does go along, then that promotes obedience to the recruiter, under the heading of "candidate control".