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What's your take on recruiters that cold contact you with a contact-to-hire (C2H) position? I stopped responding with questions regarding all the red flags in
by joezydeco 5y ago
What's your take on recruiters that cold contact you with a contact-to-hire (C2H) position?
I stopped responding with questions regarding all the red flags in that (why C2H? Culture problems? You hire and fire too rapidly to bother with benefits? You suck at screening candidates? Or are you just cheap?) and just go right into my contracting pitch.
"Hi, thanks for reaching out. I'm more than happy to engage FOOCORP as a contractor, I'll send over my MSA and when it's signed we can talk about first statements of work. I'm currently fully employed with benefits so my 1099 rate is (1.5x hourly) for weekend work under 10 hours, anything over that is a 40-hour week rate of (2.5x yearly salary). Once the MSA is signed I can have a phone conversation at $Y/hour. Send me the email address of your accounting department as well."
This never works, but it's fun to send. Some don't get the hint at all and try to still "have a chat" and burn up my time with whatever they want to talk about. Some don't get it until I mention an actual dollar amount to talk on at the phone. Most just want me in their LinkedIn contacts, which was probably the goal all along.