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wtf? The recruiters in your area sound horrid. A lot of the recruiters in London and VERY on top of technology and know more than I do about current trends, la

wtf? The recruiters in your area sound horrid. A lot of the recruiters in London and VERY on top of technology and know more than I do about current trends, languages and frameworks and exactly where to find people to fill every niche need their client companies have. To the point where they can follow the logic of "Client needs F# developers, F# is a functional programming language. I should look at former employees of companies X,Y, and Z because they use Clojure and OCaml, so those guys might have the necessary background - but I really need to sell it to them because they might be scared away by Microsoft and .NET".

darkmarmot 3y ago
I have NEVER met a recruiter that seemed technically savvy at even the most minimal level. That's kind of astounding.
ta46645745 3y ago
That's been my experience of ~20 years also, you don't always get to pick the recruiter. "Oh twenty years of Java, you'll be perfect for this Android position! Or this React one! Its more of a script role though!" Sounds unfortunately accurate.
giantg2 3y ago
I could be wrong, but it seems like recruiters in Europe are "better" (I'm not sure, but maybe more strategic and less used-car-salesman; or the whole recruiting system is more structured). The ones in the US are mostly terrible.
- kioleanu 3y ago
  That’s my experience also, except the ones from the UK and especially the ones from the UK hiring for clients outside said UK, like Germany. Now the experiences I had with _those_ people would make a used car salesman blush
rcxdude 3y ago
Yes, but the good ones generally have the candidates applying directly through them. The ones who spam people tend to be the bad ones, giving this impression.
ben_w 3y ago
In this case "my area" is "LinkedIn"; in addition to the previously mentioned issues, there's also a good chance they didn't notice my location and offer on-site positions in London, Vienna, or Singapore even though I'm physically in Berlin.

darkmarmot 3y ago

I have NEVER met a recruiter that seemed technically savvy at even the most minimal level. That's kind of astounding.

ta46645745 3y ago

That's been my experience of ~20 years also, you don't always get to pick the recruiter. "Oh twenty years of Java, you'll be perfect for this Android position! Or this React one! Its more of a script role though!" Sounds unfortunately accurate.

giantg2 3y ago

I could be wrong, but it seems like recruiters in Europe are "better" (I'm not sure, but maybe more strategic and less used-car-salesman; or the whole recruiting system is more structured). The ones in the US are mostly terrible.

kioleanu 3y ago
That’s my experience also, except the ones from the UK and especially the ones from the UK hiring for clients outside said UK, like Germany. Now the experiences I had with _those_ people would make a used car salesman blush

rcxdude 3y ago

Yes, but the good ones generally have the candidates applying directly through them. The ones who spam people tend to be the bad ones, giving this impression.

ben_w 3y ago

In this case "my area" is "LinkedIn"; in addition to the previously mentioned issues, there's also a good chance they didn't notice my location and offer on-site positions in London, Vienna, or Singapore even though I'm physically in Berlin.