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First world problems: "I get too many job opportunities from recruiters." There are a lot of people right now who would be thrilled to receive these emails fro

First world problems: "I get too many job opportunities from recruiters." There are a lot of people right now who would be thrilled to receive these emails from recruiters, and would reply to every one. Why burn the bridge with a snarky response? Maybe one day you could be one of those people.

awkward 13y ago
You burn the bridge because you want a moat between yourself and these people. Having humility when your job is in demand is good, but most of the practices indicated in the article indicate recruiters that are either unhelpful or actively harmful. For example - there are recruiting firms who will submit your resume without telling you where, and play it off like it's common practice (which it is, but only among assholes.) This puts you in a bind where if a company recieves your resume through another source, they may have conflicting legal obligations attached to both sources, causing your resume to go in the garbage. Many recruiters do this, but plenty do not. Only work with the second kind. The other checkboxes indicate carelessness, trawling, spamming, and other less than great features. Take it or leave it, but ask yourself if that's the kind of person you want to work with.
- antjanus 13y ago
  Definitely true. More than once has my resume ended up several times over at the same company, causing me to "drop out of the race". Why? Because recruiters either did not mention the company or could not disclose the name of the company. I've learned not to rely solely on recruiters either so in the end, the only recruiters I feel like are justified to work with are recruiters hired specifically by a company, meaning that they represent the company and the company won't deal with anyone outside of that.
dalore 13y ago
In I.T. and offer from a recruiter is not necessarily are real job opportunity and more than likely not. Recruiters like to fish around and ad you to their inventory.

awkward 13y ago

You burn the bridge because you want a moat between yourself and these people. Having humility when your job is in demand is good, but most of the practices indicated in the article indicate recruiters that are either unhelpful or actively harmful. For example - there are recruiting firms who will submit your resume without telling you where, and play it off like it's common practice (which it is, but only among assholes.) This puts you in a bind where if a company recieves your resume through another source, they may have conflicting legal obligations attached to both sources, causing your resume to go in the garbage. Many recruiters do this, but plenty do not. Only work with the second kind. The other checkboxes indicate carelessness, trawling, spamming, and other less than great features. Take it or leave it, but ask yourself if that's the kind of person you want to work with.

antjanus 13y ago
Definitely true. More than once has my resume ended up several times over at the same company, causing me to "drop out of the race". Why? Because recruiters either did not mention the company or could not disclose the name of the company. I've learned not to rely solely on recruiters either so in the end, the only recruiters I feel like are justified to work with are recruiters hired specifically by a company, meaning that they represent the company and the company won't deal with anyone outside of that.

dalore 13y ago

In I.T. and offer from a recruiter is not necessarily are real job opportunity and more than likely not. Recruiters like to fish around and ad you to their inventory.