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> WTF!? This is like asking "Do you use a gear-stick?" followed by "Have you ever been in a car?" I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim

by doktrin 13y ago

> WTF!? This is like asking "Do you use a gear-stick?" followed by "Have you ever been in a car?" I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim) :/ More to the point, though, I don't really understand all the complaints about recruiters. Emails can easily be ignored, and it's not impossible to decline a call (politely, or even rudely if necessary). Having an awkward conversation is, to a certain extent, a self imposed burden. For my part, I tend to enjoy hearing about what else may be available out there, even though I currently have no intention of switching employers.

Fuzzwah 13y ago
If nothing else it is frustrating to know that there are people out there being paid to do this and that their salaries are clearly taking a chunk out of potential HR payrolls.
- doktrin 13y ago
  I may well be wrong, but aren't most recruiters via by commission?
  - humanrebar 13y ago
    I think you accidentally a word there.
  - Fuzzwah 13y ago
    No matter what structure the payment is made under, its still coming out of the actual employers bank account. Money which could be used to actually pay employees rather than keyword matching recruiters.
tbrownaw 13y ago
Having (or, well, not having) awkward conversations is a matter of skill. If you've never had an awkward conversation, or haven't reflected on the ones you have had, you won't realize what makes a conversation awkward and won't know not to do that. In this case the author could have answered the assumed questions rather than the asked questions, and I imagine the conversation would have gone rather differently. Unless of course he finds having awkward conversations to be amusing.
greghinch 13y ago
> I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim) :/ This is one of the things that irks me most about recruiters. They talk about these skills like they are trading cards or XBL achievements. "Oh good I see that you have Python. Do you also have Javascript?" Recruiting has become such an awful race to the bottom I don't understand how these companies stay in business. Wait yes I do, naive 23 year old me who almost got his second job through a recruiter because he didn't realize how many opportunities he was qualified for.
smtddr 13y ago
>> WTF!? This is like asking "Do you use a gear-stick?" followed by "Have you ever been in a car?" > I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim) :/ You have not lived, until a recruiter asks about your proficiency in "Ruby Red"[1], not to be confused with "Ruby on Rails"[2] 1. http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/squirt-soda-ruby-red-108578.jpg http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/squirt-so... 2. http://www.firstlinesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ruby-vs-php.jpg http://www.firstlinesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/... But seriously, in today's job-market I feel for the difficulty these recruiters must have trying to find people, who probably don't always treat them well, that match up with skills they might never have heard of. I try my best to be polite to every LinkedIn recruiter, explaining clearly and non-condescending why I'm not a good fit for the job they're asking me about.

by doktrin 13y ago

Fuzzwah 13y ago

If nothing else it is frustrating to know that there are people out there being paid to do this and that their salaries are clearly taking a chunk out of potential HR payrolls.

doktrin 13y ago
I may well be wrong, but aren't most recruiters via by commission?
- humanrebar 13y ago
  I think you accidentally a word there.
- Fuzzwah 13y ago
  No matter what structure the payment is made under, its still coming out of the actual employers bank account. Money which could be used to actually pay employees rather than keyword matching recruiters.

tbrownaw 13y ago

Having (or, well, not having) awkward conversations is a matter of skill. If you've never had an awkward conversation, or haven't reflected on the ones you have had, you won't realize what makes a conversation awkward and won't know not to do that. In this case the author could have answered the assumed questions rather than the asked questions, and I imagine the conversation would have gone rather differently. Unless of course he finds having awkward conversations to be amusing.

greghinch 13y ago

> I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim) :/ This is one of the things that irks me most about recruiters. They talk about these skills like they are trading cards or XBL achievements. "Oh good I see that you have Python. Do you also have Javascript?" Recruiting has become such an awful race to the bottom I don't understand how these companies stay in business. Wait yes I do, naive 23 year old me who almost got his second job through a recruiter because he didn't realize how many opportunities he was qualified for.

smtddr 13y ago

>> WTF!? This is like asking "Do you use a gear-stick?" followed by "Have you ever been in a car?" > I was once asked if I had ".NET and API experience" (verbatim) :/ You have not lived, until a recruiter asks about your proficiency in "Ruby Red"[1], not to be confused with "Ruby on Rails"[2] 1. http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/squirt-soda-ruby-red-108578.jpg http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/squirt-so... 2. http://www.firstlinesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ruby-vs-php.jpg http://www.firstlinesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/... But seriously, in today's job-market I feel for the difficulty these recruiters must have trying to find people, who probably don't always treat them well, that match up with skills they might never have heard of. I try my best to be polite to every LinkedIn recruiter, explaining clearly and non-condescending why I'm not a good fit for the job they're asking me about.