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Discussion on: Why do recruiters hide the name of the company? 🤷‍♂️

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James Turner • Edited

While I have quite often experienced what you've described, I have actually once had the opposite experience. The recruiter gave me a bunch of details after I added them on LinkedIn including:

  • Company
  • What I would be specifically working on at said company
  • Quite a bit about company culture etc

They didn't mention salary but I'm sure I could have asked and been given some approx figure. Honestly was blown away by that and have noted down the recruiter to contact in the future if the need arises - for both me to get a job and (if my company works out) to hire other people.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

I've absolutely thanked recruiters for being transparent even though I'm not interested. The ones playing coy tend to just get a kthxbai, but the ones who give all the info needed to make a decision at least get a well-crafted response from me.