Out of my last five jobs:
Recruiter: 3
Network: 1
Direct: 1
Ask HN: Survey – Would You Use a Recruiter? Yes/No
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#12No. I try very hard not to use a recruiter, I have done a lot of contract jobs and worked at a few short lived startups. All and all this means I am in the job market a lot. And I find that recruiters take up 80% of my time, and get me 20% of my jobs.
Re: Ask HN: Survey – Would You Use a Recruiter? Yes/No
#13Yes.
Most of the time if a recruiter does not come to me with a job in mind, it does not work out. I have had lunches with a lot of recruiters who just want to network and none of them have come back to me with an opportunity. The times working with a recruiter has worked, the recruiter had a job already setup, found me online or through my network, and made the connection that way.
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#14https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
"Sorry, you need over 200 karma to create a poll." I still have more points to go :)
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#15Vote on answers:
Great Karma machine.
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#16To hire?
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#17I exclusively use recruiters. My most important filter of whether I should waste my time pursuing a job lead is salary. You hardly ever see salary posted with job posts. I can always find out salary when talking to a recruiter.
Re: Ask HN: Survey – Would You Use a Recruiter? Yes/No
#18Generally no. Most companies I've worked at have a no recruiter policy, and many recruiters seem to overstate the relationship they have with a company. On the receiving end, random recruiters using a candidate as a sales pitch often "apply" on the candidates behalf only to discover we won't pay their fees and so they don't tell the client about the position.