Stupid recruiters.

Thu Nov 3 16:19:03 PST 2005

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What's still escaping me here is... Does anybody actually use these  
companies? I've done quite a bit of hiring,
and I think once I've actually farmed out to a body shop, I've always  
been able to fill positions (about 30 positions
at various companies over the past 10 years) through friends and  
colleagues.

The way these recruiters try to fill positions is at best, pathetic ,  
and at worst, criminal in the United States, and California.
I literally get 10-20 emails or calls like this per day.  I know that  
if I get an email for a websphere administrator position
in timbuktu in the morning, that I'll get 4 more emails, and 2 phone  
calls by the end of the day.

Do people actually encourage these recruiters?

On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:29 PM, Nicole wrote:

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> On 03-Nov-05 My Homeland Security "observers" reported that Danny  
> Howard said:
>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:45:46PM -0800, Paul M. Moriarty wrote:
>>> I'd be very careful about pissing off recruiters for any reason,  
>>> even if
>>> they are idiots.  You never know when one of them might get hired  
>>> direct
>>> at a company you really want to work for.  Then you're, how shall  
>>> I put
>>> it, fucked.
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>> Would you really want to work for a company with obnoxious  
>> recruiters?
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>> Maybe.
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>> Maybe not.
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>> But it is generally better to avoid antagonizing people if you can  
>> avoid
>> it.  Today's troll may be tomorrows hiring manager, or even internal
>> referral for an open req ...
>>
>> But if you're going to screw with someone, recruiters are probably  
>> the
>> least threatening.
>>
>> -danny
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>  "Never burn bridges - todays senior prick - tommorrow's senior  
> partner"
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>  Nicole
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