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What is your´s worst experience with recruiters?

Bruno Paz on July 07, 2019

If you work in tech and have a Linkedin account, the probability that you receive daily messages from recruiters is pretty high. While a few migh...
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Hamish Dickson

I once had an email from reception saying "your guest has arrived" but I was in a meeting and didn't see it for over an hour.

Later on when I did see it I was in a panic thinking "oh no I hope I'm not meant to interview someone!"

Run to reception and they say "it's weird, she didn't stay long but left her number to call"

Turned out to be a recruiter.

I often wonder what I would have done if I'd see the message right away

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Matthew Daly

Last year I was asked to see if anyone I knew was available to help out on a freelance basis with some front end work, so I posted a tweet saying to DM or reply if they were available.

A couple of hours later a recruiter phoned me to offer to act as a middleman. Turns out he'd seen the tweet, looked me up on LinkedIn, seen where I worked and phoned reception. I found this hugely inappropriate.

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Colin Rhys

I had a recruiter call, text and email me in less than 5 minutes. He wanted to see if I was interested in a 4-week contract at $25 an hour in West Virginia. I live in Chicago lol.

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Josh Brown

I had a recruiter call my workplace's direct dial before. That was weird.