recruiters
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- kerus
being a recruiter/headhunter must be a really miserable job. based upon local experiences at least.
- Handel0
One that I know personally is naturally gregarious and extroverted. It seems he loves his work.
- Continuity0
Don't get me started on this ...
- toodee0
So they're as bad in the US as the UK? Over here it must be the most hated profession.
- pinkfloyd0
They are taking our money!
- sureshot0
isnt recruitment the same as telemarketing? its just a fancy name for collecting peoples money.
- orrinward0
A friend of mine is a recruiter for the IT sector and he loves it.
He studied Computer Science at Uni but was not technically minded. He's very outgoing and very much a go-getter. He went into IT Recruitment because in his time at Uni most of his peers who he became close friends with lacked social skills/negotiability. He genuinely tries to muscle these talented-but-socially weak guys into jobs they have the ability for but lack the balls to go for independently.
He'll spend loads of extra hours trying to find strong young candidates for higher positions to help fresh graduates avoid the post-Uni slump due to the recession. He hooked me up with a £35k senior position at a top London company straight out of Uni. I declined for a few reasons but thanks to him I now no longer hate recruiters, and know that some of them are doing their job because they're passionate about getting the best out of candidates for jobs.
Not all are bastards!
- Maybe the odd one's not a total cunt.toodee
- The rest will just try and trick you into taking any job so long as they get paid.toodee
- yes, that's itpopfodders
- bulletfactory0
Recruiters (or at least the one I used) didn't take a dime from me. They did take many dimes from my current company, but they didn't come out of my paycheck.
- your check would've had more $s if you didn't use a recruiter.doesnotexist
- you are likely correct, however, this position was only being managed by this recruiter, so I couldn't apply on my own.bulletfactory
- indeed, going rate is like 20% for them off your salary, that much!popfodders
- right. just sayin. they never tell you how much you'd be getting without that middle-man.doesnotexist
- totallybulletfactory
- popfodders0
Going rate, 20% off your first years salary amount. Whether or not a company takes that from you is another story all together, but they get there's.
- yep, seen 30% toodoesnotexist
- seen higher, aughpixellette
- vaxorcist0
I had good experience with 2 recruiters years ago, one I went to art school with got me a gig at an great agency, I had no idea how lucky I was at that gig till I left for so-called greener pastures and more pay and found a much less creative environment....
Key seems to be a good recruiter wants to find a place you'll really fit well with, not just get the commission fast....
- YakuZoku0
its about that time for me to start looking for a new full time gig,
are recruiters still a thing? what are the kids doing these days?I'm finding shit on Craigslist