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Are you sure we are getting contacted by the same recruiters? I'm pretty sure most recruiters are not like that; and we would be better without them. Recruiters

by csomar 4y ago

Are you sure we are getting contacted by the same recruiters? I'm pretty sure most recruiters are not like that; and we would be better without them. Recruiters exists because companies wants to save on $$ (it would make more sense to let developers do the recruiting, and not someone with no technical knowledge). Of course, this has the opposite result which is why the hiring market is such a sh*t-show.

Consultant32452 4y ago
I'm a whore and the recruiters are my pimps. They only like me because the johns hire me. The world makes more sense through that lens.
- dijit 4y ago
  This whole thread is shameful. Recruiters do a valuable job; I don't pity them and I do not envy them. The number of bad recruiters I've interacted with are high, but that's largely selection bias: the ones that reach me are not paying attention enough to realise that I'm not going to move. I've worked closely with recruiters and their job is tiring and thankless; in the end though they can go home peacefully and it's easier to plan their day. I can't speak to the reason I noticed this phenomena (of conventionally attractive women being overrepresented in recruiting), but I could believe that it's possible that men are more likely to respond to pretty women reaching out to them with kind words and making them feel wanted and valued; thus conventionally attractive women tend to be more successful in the industry, and thus we sort of have some kind of survivorship bias at play. I don't know if that's true, but I could believe it quite comfortably.
  - Consultant32452 4y ago
    Pimps serve a purpose. Sometimes they are good and hook me up with johns so I make good money. Sometimes they protect me from bad johns. Sometimes they abuse me by sending me to johns they know will hurt me and then take all the money.
- nigerianbrince 4y ago
  I know it's against the guidelines but: bruh

by csomar 4y ago

Consultant32452 4y ago

I'm a whore and the recruiters are my pimps. They only like me because the johns hire me. The world makes more sense through that lens.

dijit 4y ago
This whole thread is shameful. Recruiters do a valuable job; I don't pity them and I do not envy them. The number of bad recruiters I've interacted with are high, but that's largely selection bias: the ones that reach me are not paying attention enough to realise that I'm not going to move. I've worked closely with recruiters and their job is tiring and thankless; in the end though they can go home peacefully and it's easier to plan their day. I can't speak to the reason I noticed this phenomena (of conventionally attractive women being overrepresented in recruiting), but I could believe that it's possible that men are more likely to respond to pretty women reaching out to them with kind words and making them feel wanted and valued; thus conventionally attractive women tend to be more successful in the industry, and thus we sort of have some kind of survivorship bias at play. I don't know if that's true, but I could believe it quite comfortably.
- Consultant32452 4y ago
  Pimps serve a purpose. Sometimes they are good and hook me up with johns so I make good money. Sometimes they protect me from bad johns. Sometimes they abuse me by sending me to johns they know will hurt me and then take all the money.
nigerianbrince 4y ago
I know it's against the guidelines but: bruh