http://howtogeekon.com/2009/12/14/how-to-identify-good-recruiters/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:08:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://howtogeekon.com/2009/12/14/how-to-identify-good-recruiters/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Steve Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:53 +0000 http://howtogeekon.com/?p=274#comment-46 I totally disagree about meeting with the recruiter. Most of the ones I work with, I have never met unless it was to walk me in to the client interview which is just about the only appropriate and necessary time. I simply don't have any interest or time in meeting the dozens of recruiters that I speak to regularly. If I establish any type of relationship over time, then sure, it may be worth meeting with them. However, the vast majority are just time wasters, trying to justify their jobs by the ridiculous claim they need to meet every candidate prior to submission. Most are only a few years at best out of college and will ask you a thousand meaningless, standard, patronizing and degrading questions out of a book just to make it look good but are otherwise, usually clueless about your industry. The same applies to many company interviews today which is why I have even requested telephone interviews first rather than waste a few hours on a non-existent or already filled position. Also, in a global economy, the reality is that most of the recruiters are not going to be local so why should I differentiate between the handful of local ones and all the others? I totally disagree about meeting with the recruiter. Most of the ones I work with, I have never met unless it was to walk me in to the client interview which is just about the only appropriate and necessary time. I simply don’t have any interest or time in meeting the dozens of recruiters that I speak to regularly. If I establish any type of relationship over time, then sure, it may be worth meeting with them. However, the vast majority are just time wasters, trying to justify their jobs by the ridiculous claim they need to meet every candidate prior to submission. Most are only a few years at best out of college and will ask you a thousand meaningless, standard, patronizing and degrading questions out of a book just to make it look good but are otherwise, usually clueless about your industry. The same applies to many company interviews today which is why I have even requested telephone interviews first rather than waste a few hours on a non-existent or already filled position. Also, in a global economy, the reality is that most of the recruiters are not going to be local so why should I differentiate between the handful of local ones and all the others?

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