Recruiters and recruiting firms are infuriating

5 Comments

1. AnonymousOctober 31,2024 at 8:00PM UTC

   I get those types of emails too from recruiters and they are annoying. Also, I live in pay transparency state and most of the time they don't include a pay range. So I usually respond asking for the pay range. Most recruiters don't respond to my email. When I give them my phone number and ask them to schedule a time to call, they don't respond. At this point I think I'll just ignore them. It is so tiresome.

2. AnonymousOctober 31,2024 at 8:52PM UTC

   I'm curious, what was the time frame from the time you received the email to the time you replied? I'm curious as if you don't reply fast enough the recruiter has already mass emailed people and quickly selected their candidates. I know this as I was a former IT recruiter, regardless of the industry, the competition in any staffing firm is tough. I did this for a very long time. Yes, we sent 3 resumes, as hiring managers are not going to sift through resumes, that's the recruiters job. I always always had backups (well the good recruiters did), so if you were a great fit, you heard from me, regardless. It is an exhaustive job. 12-14 hour days, worked 7 days a week except 3 holidays a year. Which is why I was in the top of one of the company's I worked nationally. A secret is, to build a relationship if you can with them. If they are good, they will be back in touch. There is high turnover in that field and sadly, many do not or cannot keep up the pace and either leave or they are terminated. Unfortunately, the candidates suffer. I felt compelled to speak up on this as there are few and far between good recruiters as they do not follow up, have not been taught how or really do not use logic. The more you talk to on a daily basis and the more proactive they are, the more successful, but most are just running after the doggy bone and reacting, and are not proactive. If there is one out there, they should read this and reach out to you. If any good recruiter is on here, they should be messaging you all and getting your info and resumes. I don't know that's happening here, but it's a great place. So as I'm in higher ed, on the other side working with recruiters, I read so many of these posts daily and am appalled that recruiters are ghosting people. Or at least they should write in to give tips like I do. So sorry, and maybe go directly to the company, find HR contacts and go in that door. I also get tons of emails from recruiters trying to recruit me back in. I ignore about 90% as they are not for me, nor are legit and most I hear from are overseas.

3. AnonymousOctober 31,2024 at 9:21PM UTC

   It's a numbers game. These jobs are not jobs these outside recruiters have "won" yet. They are trying to entice the company to hire them for a % or payout if they want to meet the candidates. They will send over the resume without the name or contact info. If the company wants to move forward, the recruiter and company agree if the person is hired the recruiter will get paid x dollars. Then the company pursues the candidate presented with contact info revealed. The recruiter will work on 20 or 30 positions at once each day. They have a few hours to push a few candidates in front of the employer with the hopes of landing one or two candidates who fit. They move quickly.

4. AnonymousNovember 1,2024 at 1:11PM UTC

   I think those are scams

5. AnonymousNovember 1,2024 at 4:35PM UTC

   If they sound really generic I just ignore them. Not so much scam as spam. Someone's just casting a wide net to see what turns up and may not have a position currently at all. If it does mention specific hard skills that I actually have I might respond but then the ball's in their court. Maybe one follow-up contact but if they still don't respond just move on. You've given it a shot without a huge investment in time.