All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry • Hacker News Board

Re: All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry

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Post by ZoFreX » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 10:52 PM UTC

benburton wrote: post #56

ZoFreX wrote: post #20

I was on the phone to a recruitment agency and genuinely heard a bull horn going off followed by cheering, I presume signifying a big "sale". This is one of the best companies I've had dealings with, too. The worst edited my CV before sending it to companies without telling me first - nothing like being asked "So why were you fired from your last position?" in a job interview when you left due to illness in the famil…

I don't do hiring directly, but when I see a LaTeX resume it's a +1 in my book!

This is refreshing to hear, thank you :)

Re: All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry

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Post by rjd » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 10:56 PM UTC

gaius wrote: post #67

rjd wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for taking a stand. Trying to write a nice reply without going into a recruiter rant.. I've deleted my response 3 times now :) One thing you left out was laziness and stupidity. Recruiters that can't understand requirements and blag into an interview you aren't skilled for. Or won't get a JD so you have to go to the interview to find out what the hell the position is about. Wastes everyones time, so many of th…

Don't recruiters usually only get that "bounty" once you've been there 3 or 6 months?

Yep, but some of that bounty goes into a fund to head hunt new placements. You've probably encountered yourself without realising, when a recruiter meets you in town and buys you a coffee. He doesn't pay for that coffee the agency does.

Im not sure what its like ATM as i avoid recruiters like the plague these days, but it went nuts in the .com days. I remember people getting given cars as joining bonuses and all ksorts. It was mental.

Spending £200 quid a month on me, at the time didnt even raise an eye lid. It probably would now, but so much then.

Re: All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry

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Post by rjd » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 11:00 PM UTC

Peroni wrote: post #15

rickmb wrote: post #13

What I am missing from this analysis is the underhanded methods used by many recruiters. I've had recruiters publishing our job postings via various job boards in order to intercept potential candidates. I've had a candidate who was told the recruiters posting he responded to was no match for him, when in reality we had simply told the recruiter we had no need for their services. Luckily the candidate managed to Goog…

Good point. There are a few more I could add to that list that are a bit more controversial which I'll address in a week or two with a new blog post. As for the ones you've mentioned, let me at least try and explain the method behind the madness. I've had recruiters publishing our job postings via various job boards in order to intercept potential candidates This happens all the time and I bet the recruiters version…

Oh one more story for you, about fake listings.

My same dodgy recruiter friend I mentioned in my other story created fake nicely tailored CVs and got an 900 number.

He applied to every big job he could find, even some in his own company. Ones he knew other recruiters would jump at.

I think he made around £500 before someone dobbed him in and they shut his account down LOL

Re: All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry

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Post by quicksilver03 » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 8:41 AM UTC

Isofarro wrote: post #42

I notice Peroni covers the ground between the recruiter and the employer (and for that, thank you); but is very quiet about what's going on between the recruiter and the target. I'm disappointed by this, because it affects actual developers in a very negative way. The constant unsolicited intrusions despite requests not to are annoying. And there seems to be no way out other than delete everything on the web that mak…

I have indeed deleted from my LinkedIn profile any reference to the relatively rare technology, at least in my country, I'm an expert in. This alone has reduced the number of recruiters trying to contact me from 1-2 per week to zero.