Yap. I said it. Let the flame war begin! đ„
If youâre on LinkedIn and youâre, in some way or another, in the Tech industry, Iâm sure you have a few (or a lot!) of recruiters on your network.
Recruiters are a strange group of people that search for Developers and other professionals to fill up a vacancy (or more) in a specific company that needs a person with that set of skills. Some recruiters forget theyâre dealing with actual people. You know, fellow human beings with families, friends, desires, fears, expectations and demands. Sometimes itâs hard not to think of recruiters as cartoon villains, reducing everyone to a number in a body shop, especially if theyâre working for shady outsourcing companies with an evil mastermind as CEO.
Youâve probably seen recruiters whining on Linked In about how a candidate did this and that or stopped replying at some stage of the recruitment process. There are rude people everywhere, but seriously, can you blame them? I dare to say, most of the time they had good reasons to be rude or they simply reflected the way they were treated in the first place.
Hereâs a list of things most recruiters do that make no sense and reinforce the stereotype:
- Sending the same old template to everyone, no matter the seniority, project, tech stack, etc.;
- Not knowing or not giving details about the project or company theyâre hiring for;
- Assuming everyone in Tech must love Star WarsâââDarth Vader/Stormtrooper image âApply now!â, âJoin the dark sideâ, Yoda image âJoin the force!â. You know what Iâm talking about⊠_ughhh _đ;
- Having 5 recruiters from the same company hitting you up with the same message in the same week;
- Ghosting after you had an interview with them;
- Not providing feedback;
- Saying they have THE perfect opportunity for you, when they donât even know you;
- Calling you during your working hours, knowing it might get you into trouble;
- Saying someone referred you, when you know itâs bullshit;
- Creating fake job ads just to put you on their database for future opportunities.
Just to be perfectly clear, I am a recruiter and Iâve had some of these things happen to me when I was job hunting and it sucked!
I try to use what I learned from that process to be better at this job. Do you remember that old saying: âtreat others the way you want to be treatedâ? The same applies here.
Some companies do put recruiters through a lot of pressure, unreasonable deadlines and objectives, outdated tools and give them no space to think about what theyâre doing and no room for improvement (Numbers, numbers, numbers!). Believe me, Iâve been through it and whining about candidates on LinkedIn isnât going to make things better.
If thatâs your case, I suggest you find a better company to work for, because if they donât treat you right, itâs way harder to do the right thing. Besides, youâll be on the other end of the recruitment process again. Itâs a great time to learn how candidates think and feel when you are the candidate.
Weâre not reinventing the wheel here:
It all comes down to respect and treating people fairly.
I follow a strict no bullshit approach to HR and Iâm glad Runtime-Revolution supports it. If you are interested in who we are and what we do, make sure to reach out! Iâll make sure you get a clear picture of our way of doing things.
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Exactly, recently 1 of the recruiter contacted me via linked, decided to see how it goes, and in email JD asked me a few questions see below and don't laugh...
List if questions...
q1...
q2...
Why would you like to join us?
q3...
and continued...