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Ask HN: Dontrecruit.me – A website to collect stories about bad recruiters

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Post by chpmrc »

Hi people! We're a bunch of developers tired of recruiters who get away with all sorts of unprofessional behavior.

After the n-th frustrating experience we decided to do something about it. We're trying to collect as much (anonymous) data as possible about bad experiences involving fellow developers and unprofessional recruiters and one day publish all the curated data for free, to create a sort of Yelp for recruiters.

You can help us by filling out the form at https://dontrecruit.me

After all you wouldn't waste time at a crappy restaurant, why waste time with a crappy recruiter?

Let me know if you have any questions/feedback. I'll try to read (and answer) each and every comment.

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#2

Post by philip1209 »

Maybe it would be more positive to make a recruiter pledge or something, e.g. "I looked at your skills and thought you were a match for this role", "I'll be upfront about compensation", "I'll respond to all emails within one working day"

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Post by chpmrc »

ForHackernews wrote: post #3

Why do recruiters insist on phone calls for everything? Why can't they just send an email? I can't get on the phone while I'm at my job to talk to you about some other job.

Agreed. We're eagerly waiting for your story :)

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Post by sigfubar »

ForHackernews wrote: post #3

Why do recruiters insist on phone calls for everything? Why can't they just send an email? I can't get on the phone while I'm at my job to talk to you about some other job.

Wait until you run into recruiters that insist on meeting during business hours - or even at the candidate’s current job! - before doing any business.

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#7

Post by have_faith »

ForHackernews wrote: post #3

Why do recruiters insist on phone calls for everything? Why can't they just send an email? I can't get on the phone while I'm at my job to talk to you about some other job.

Because their job hinges on maximising the effectiveness of their persuasion and they can't read you and react by email so well. The irony being for engineer types it has the opposite effect, at least it does for me and you.

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#8

Post by sigfubar »

cpfohl wrote: post #5
ForHackernews wrote: post #3

Why do recruiters insist on phone calls for everything? Why can't they just send an email? I can't get on the phone while I'm at my job to talk to you about some other job.

It's a signal that you're serious.

Recruiters - not candidates - are the ones who blast poorly targeted spam. They should show us the money first, not the other way around.

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Post by chpmrc »

philip1209 wrote: post #2

Maybe it would be more positive to make a recruiter pledge or something, e.g. "I looked at your skills and thought you were a match for this role", "I'll be upfront about compensation", "I'll respond to all emails within one working day"

What we learned is that open data is one of the most powerful tools we have for proposing and implementing change. We hope that with this initiative we'll be able to slowly change how recruiters approach talent acquisition. Pledges would definitely be a welcomed change!
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