Messing with recruiters
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Messing with recruiters
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Re: Messing with recruiters
#2I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly.
I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
Re: Messing with recruiters
#3It's recruiters like this that remind me I'm fighting a losing battle.
Interestingly, I would be very surprised if 'Steve' and 'Tina' were in fact their real names. They obviously aren't native English speakers. Are recruiters that desperate in the US that they will go to the extent of adopting a more American sounding name simply to increase their chances of picking up business?
If these kinds of emails are the norm then it's no wonder the HN community despises our kind.
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#4I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly. I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
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#5It's recruiters like this that remind me I'm fighting a losing battle. Interestingly, I would be very surprised if 'Steve' and 'Tina' were in fact their real names. They obviously aren't native English speakers. Are recruiters that desperate in the US that they will go to the extent of adopting a more American sounding name simply to increase their chances of picking up business? If these kinds of emails are the norm…
I've met exactly one recruiter out of literally hundreds that I've interacted with who was worth a crap. I looked him up and found out he had participated in the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
The problem is that there is no barrier to entry to becoming a tech recruiter. Or maybe there is, but that barrier to entry is previously selling cell phones or something -- I'm not sure.
I don't talk to 3rd party recruiters basically ever anymore.
Briefly skimming your previous comments, it looks like you're a former developer and based in the UK, so those are things that I don't have a lot of experience with in recruiters.
Re: Messing with recruiters
#6I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly. I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
Yes, this is quite common. For a while I was getting contacted almost exclusively through my Dice profile and even with a note that they should email me first, I'd still get called first extremely often.
Re: Messing with recruiters
#7It's recruiters like this that remind me I'm fighting a losing battle. Interestingly, I would be very surprised if 'Steve' and 'Tina' were in fact their real names. They obviously aren't native English speakers. Are recruiters that desperate in the US that they will go to the extent of adopting a more American sounding name simply to increase their chances of picking up business? If these kinds of emails are the norm…
Unfortunately, unsolicited recruiters like this come in swarms. The worst one I've seen so far sent two separate emails and neglected to fill in the template fields in their form letter, e.g. "Hi $name, We have the perfect $desc candidate for you!".
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#8I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly. I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
Yes
Re: Messing with recruiters
#9I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly. I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
Yes. They'll even cold-call you at the office.
Re: Messing with recruiters
#10I once responded to a tech recruiters question of if I was a JavaScript programmer with "so like, on a computer?". Conversation ended quickly. I want to keep a list of recruiters who call me, then suggest each of them as possible hires
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
I used to get them at the office all the time; if my boss was in the room I would totally milk it. "No, I'm not available for work at the moment... Yes, it is a very rare skillset." Kept him on his toes!