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Re: Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link

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Post by 83sjeodeke » Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 6:59 PM UTC

the-dude wrote: post #48

leipert wrote: post #46

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Author here. Well, in my experience the people asking me if I am interested are rather rude. I politely explain to them that I am not interested and a lot of follow-up questions come flying in. Why is that? That is why created the page, I answer now: > Thank you very much for your message. > I am not interested, before you answer me again please have a look at https://no-thank-you.de/ . > Best,

Why even answer? I always say : no answer on the internet is a no.

And then they continue, “Well do you know someone? We pay a $500 referral fee if you give me their name and we end up placing them.”

Re: Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link

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Post by tinco » Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 7:49 PM UTC

booleandilemma wrote: post #41

tinco wrote: post #13

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What is the general bad experience that you have? I've engaged with one recruiter that made a good first impression, it took a bit of convincing to have him find me jobs with a suitable market rate (they probably like lower salaries because it increases their chance of success and this payout) but then he actually offered me a couple jobs that I think I would have had a hard time finding myself. I never acted on any…

they probably like lower salaries because it increases their chance of success and this payout From my experience it’s the opposite. Recruiters try to get you the highest salary they can because then they get a bigger cut. More than one of them has told me this. There have been a couple times when I’ve told them my desired salary and they’ve upped it by 40% or more. Yes, there are scummy recruiters out there, but for…

I'm in The Netherlands so this might be a little different than SF where everyone capitalizes on the value of good developers. He opened with a salary that I'd consider average to slightly above average for a regular senior developer, in The Netherlands. I felt a bit cocky and thought if he's worth anything, he should be getting me jobs that pay more than I could get myself, so I countered him 50% above that. He was really hesitant and tried to talk me down, saying it would be difficult to find a job that pays that, saying my CV wasn't that impressive, I held on saying that a good hiring manager would see the value in my skills. Over ~3 months he came up with three leads, one of which ticked all three of my professional expertise boxes (ruby, devops and product ownership) and sounded really interesting to me, but I was pursuing other things at the time so turned it down.

I do agree that it very much feels like having an agent. I tell him what I can do, and what I want to make, and he goes out and find a job for me. I don't mind him taking a cut, if he finds jobs that I wouldn't find because I just go starry eyed from startup to startup.

Re: Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link

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Post by justaj » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 1:11 AM UTC

kayoone wrote: post #19

I am torn on this, devs are currently in a very fortunate position (if you live in a tech hotspot) to be able to just ignore these requests or be impolite by sending a link like this. However I believe you should still be grateful to be in a position like this and treat people with respect. Sending a link saying "no, stop contacting me and gtfo" is pretty rude. I have well educated friends that work in different indu…

I would engage them if they'd have a guarantee that I'd be hired by whoever is trying to hire me. If they don't, then there's a high chance I'll be wasting time.