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Ask HN: Are Indeed, LinkedIn the go-to places for exploring new jobs?

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Re: Ask HN: Are Indeed, LinkedIn the go-to places for exploring new jobs?

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Former 3rd party recruiter here, I loved meeting with candidates and hearing about what matters most to them before "pitching" them any opportunities. A good recruiter should learn more about who you are and your career goals before making any suggestions. I would say that is a good benchmark of a recruiter who cares and is not going to try and put a square peg in a round hole, so to speak... *While I have met some d…

Echoes my comment above. The guys I met from Aerotech took their time over a long lunch meeting to get to know me and what I valued in a company and where I wanted my career to go before looking for opportunities. That said, I feel that recruiters work harder the farther along you are in your career. They make more as a percentage and they realized that experienced candidates likely have a larger network and will sen…

100%! Look for recruiters with longer tenure, bad sales people don't stick around...

Re: Ask HN: Are Indeed, LinkedIn the go-to places for exploring new jobs?

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I would say they mostly suck. Very slimy, unwilling to divulge basic information and will ghost you in a heartbeat.

And if your cell phone ends up in their list, woo-ee they will call you at 11pm on a Sunday if it means you're more likely to pick up. It would have panicked me to get a call at 11pm at one point in my life, but thanks to recruiters I just never answer the phone at all. Voicemail is my butler.

I once had a recruiter call my companies reception, tell them he was my friend and have the call forwarded to my desk phone. Talk about shameless :D
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