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Man, I ignore all the recruiters that contact me. It's just too many. Not humble bragging, it's just the reality. And not trying to rude. I have trouble keepi

Man, I ignore all the recruiters that contact me. It's just too many. Not humble bragging, it's just the reality. And not trying to rude. I have trouble keeping up with my personal emails, much less random recruiters on the internet. I hope it doesn't come back to bite me. So far in my career (10+ years), I've just applied to company job postings and that's worked out pretty well for me.

kypro 4y ago
Recruiters probably won't hold a grudge against you if you're a highly skilled engineer that they know they can place easily. Fortunately for us there's just not enough skilled engineers for recruiters to be too picky. That said, I personally try to keep good relationships with recruiters because as a contractor because it can be useful when looking for my next job. If you're a junior dev or working in a highly competitive industry though I would be much more careful not to upset recruiters too much. Not that you won't be able to get work, but you'll be making things considerably harder for yourself. Recruiters don't expect you to reply to their emails btw - unless you're interested in the role they're recruiting for of course. I think it's polite to answer the phone if they call though. Normally it takes about 30 seconds to tell them you're not on the market, but will but will be in touch when you are. I think a lot of people can be quite rude to recruiters and they seem to appreciate the fact I'm polite to them and happy to have a quick chat.
- iso1631 4y ago
  The worst is a recruiter promising a "highly competitive salary" in a company that's "one of your competitors" that wants "your specific skills" It feels like nine times out of ten "one of your competitors" means they are also a limited liability company, "your specific skills" means you know what a keyboard is, and "highly competitve salary" is $30k a year. I have a very particular set of skills that I have acquired over a long career which are honed to a very narrow industry. I did have a genuine recruiter after me for a job which used a small subset of those skills, on 20% more than than I currently earn, but it was a second line support position rather than the various roles I play today. I couldn't face the prospect of working in such a confined environment.

kypro 4y ago

Recruiters probably won't hold a grudge against you if you're a highly skilled engineer that they know they can place easily. Fortunately for us there's just not enough skilled engineers for recruiters to be too picky. That said, I personally try to keep good relationships with recruiters because as a contractor because it can be useful when looking for my next job. If you're a junior dev or working in a highly competitive industry though I would be much more careful not to upset recruiters too much. Not that you won't be able to get work, but you'll be making things considerably harder for yourself. Recruiters don't expect you to reply to their emails btw - unless you're interested in the role they're recruiting for of course. I think it's polite to answer the phone if they call though. Normally it takes about 30 seconds to tell them you're not on the market, but will but will be in touch when you are. I think a lot of people can be quite rude to recruiters and they seem to appreciate the fact I'm polite to them and happy to have a quick chat.

iso1631 4y ago
The worst is a recruiter promising a "highly competitive salary" in a company that's "one of your competitors" that wants "your specific skills" It feels like nine times out of ten "one of your competitors" means they are also a limited liability company, "your specific skills" means you know what a keyboard is, and "highly competitve salary" is $30k a year. I have a very particular set of skills that I have acquired over a long career which are honed to a very narrow industry. I did have a genuine recruiter after me for a job which used a small subset of those skills, on 20% more than than I currently earn, but it was a second line support position rather than the various roles I play today. I couldn't face the prospect of working in such a confined environment.