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10 Things To Hate About Recruiters
February 2nd, 2005
Courtesy of an anonymous recruiter at ITToolbox.com:
I am going to briefly discuss the major “GRIPES” that I hear from people about recruiters and I encourage readers to also discuss the TOP 3 things that they hate about recruiters as a discussion forum on the topic. Maybe we can later rank them in order as a TOP 10 List to be submitted to Letterman?
Filed under Clutter Management |10. “Recruiters don’t seem to truly understand the role they are recruiting for or that much detail about the clients needs.”
9. “I am not sure if the post-interview feedback is honest or I don’t get feedback at all.”
8. “Recruiters don’t want to help or talk with me if I am not a perfect fit for their open search assignments.”
7. “Most headhunters don’t return my calls or acknowledge that I applied for a job.”
6. “As a hiring manager, I hate when recruiters sling resumes at me and don’t take the time to understand my needs.”
5. “Dishonesty about a position, company, or the requirements for a role”
4. “Some form of discrimination or even reverse discrimination”
3. “Recruiters seem unethical and will do anything to make a placement; their tactics to recruit or develop accounts are dishonest.”
2. “I feel like job postings are not real jobs some time, the Bait and Switch.”
1. “Recruiters are only working for the company and aren’t looking out for my best interest through the Offer Stage.”
2 Responses to “10 Things To Hate About Recruiters”
In regards to: Recruiters don’t seem to truly understand the role they are recruiting for or that much detail about the clients needs.
Sometimes I get a job description from a client that makes no sense. After a review, it seems that the IT manager says they need a “QA†and then HR comes up with they “think” a QA does and then sends me the job description. So I get a non technical job description for technical position. At that point, I will ask the HR person to have the IT director contact me directly and I will ask the important questions. Like what is the programming environment? What are the tools needed (Black box, white box etc) So I don’t end up posting a job that says you need 5 years exp with a tool that came out last year! And if they balk at talking to me, stating they have no time, I simply ask if I can have 5 min now of your time, the I won’t be wasting your time reading unsuitable resumes in the future. 1 oz prevention beats a ton of cure!
So for the weary job hunter tired of unschooled recruiters, sometimes we just have a limited amount of information and we just try our best not to look too stupid!
I agree that often recruiters just don’t have all the information because the client company doesn’t have the time or is unwilling to spend the appropriate tiem discussing the role with the recruiter.
Many tenured recruiters and account managers would argue that a recruiter shouldn’t spend time & energy recruiting for clients that will not first spend the appropriate time up front to educate the recruiter about the role. Companies that view you only as 1 of 20-30 vendors…that view the recruiter as a threat to their own job, rather than as a true partner…..are the same companies that will not pay your fee on time. They are the same clients that make us look bad to the candidates we represent…the same clients that won’t even call to tell you the role was filled or put on hold.
Jeremy Sisemore
Talent Scout - ITToolbox.com