Why I threw away your resume (from the crankiest recruiter)

On the other hand, a lot of prospective employees are just trying to exist. And some people don't "dream" of work. Others dreams are just plain unrealistic.

And some don't have things that make them unique. Frankly with 8 billion of us, people come a dime a dozen. Not every candidate can be Einstein. And fair if you reject them when looking for an Einstein.

But where do the non-einsteins go then? How can they keep their existence?

What are the societal effects when we handwave this group away and prefer not to think about it? In what ways will it come back to bite us?

So a company expects me to stay loyal to them through the worst of times and not jump ship to better opportunities, but when money is tight for them or the founder just wants a new yacht, they'll gladly downsize/sell/merge and lay off hundreds in a heartbeat.

But the tone in the guy’s post is all wrong. That “I can tell you want this job” bullshit. Like, my friend, I just want A Job. Yours isn’t special, they’re all shit we can acknowledge that.

That’s where my mind goes, anyway. Framing this instead the way you do (and the author seemed to try to but couldn’t help putting in a little “tough love” garbage) makes it much more sympathetic and understandable. I’ve read so many of these screeds over the years and the ones that I don’t nope out of immediately don’t come with the sense you’re being talked down to.

1. Do not read 550 CVs yourself. Everyone parses these automatically.

2. The perfect candidate is the one I cannot tolerate going to my competition. If they know my systems or my competitions systems, the recruiter’s job depends on negotiating for them rather than reading cover letters fireside. The challenge for recruiters is that the perfect candidate hasn’t applied.