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Recruiting Firms That Suck |
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We are not making this up... |
| Date Posted: |
11/02/2000 |
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The Colonel told the tale of Heather and it's worth repeating here. Except that when I mentioned Heather I said that you can almost hear her popping her pimples. So, meet Heather:
""Contractor" told a tale about Heather and so now it's time to meet her. This one's for all the talent out there.
Heather is in her first recruiting job. Since the turnover is so high amongst recruiters the last "Heather" had to be replaced by the new "Heather". The latest "Heather" is in her early 20s and really excited about the income she thinks she going to make as a recruiter. She has been told about the fabulous career she can have as a recruiter, by the "big shot" senior recruiters, and she's looking for her pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Pretty cool huh? Heather has been trained by a senior recruiter (who has one year experience), which took about 2 hours, and now ready to provide a valuable service to clients. Naturally, she wants the talent to feel like she's working on their behalf. And now she starts to spin her web.
She doesn't see herself as a pimp and is greatly offended by such analogies. Heather can't understand why IT people could ever had bad attitudes, especially those contractor types. She thinks you should be happy and contented in your job or find another. Heather hasn't learned just yet how difficult it can be to change jobs, much less careers. But she's young and needs to learn this.
Heather hasn't placed many people yet and is getting hungry. But no matter what she is perky. She will make any "opportunity" seem like it would be the best move someone could ever make. That's because she always looks at the "bright side" of things. Never mind that she's from the "Mr. Magoo School of Life Management". Her perkiness is a variation of the principle that "cleanliness is next to Godliness". Naturally, she expects YOU to maintain the same level of enthusiasm.
When it comes to dissemination of information she's from the school of telling people what they want to hear, and letting them hear what they want. She never lies, not in HER mind. It's always OTHER recruiters that lie.
Heather has virtually NO TECHNICAL TRAINING. Not a programming class, or database, or network, and anything else. No matter that she had only 2 hours of training - she's now QUALIFIED to judge candidates credentials (as in to decide who is qualified for a position). HOW DOES SHE EVALUATE CREDENTIALS? Simple, scan for the desired buzzwords. If you have them on your resume then you are qualified. Desired word NOT in your resume? Sorry pal, YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED. None of us should ever take offense when she responds with language such as "I have reviewed your credentials and find we do not have a suitable position for you at this time. We wish you success in the future".
It's too bad that candidates just don't see how busy Heather is, if they only knew. Then they wouldn't be offended that she does not return calls or respond to emails. It's obvious that candidates are jerks when she says "I'll be in touch" or "You sound like a great candidate" and they fail to understand when you never hear from Heather again. We HAVE to understand that she's just so darn busy.
By the way, why must a candidate be over 40? That might remind her of her parents. She prefers someone she can relate to. Someone who is her age with similar interests (i.e. getting married, going to bars, hanging out with her unmarried girlfriends, window shopping, getting her hair done, going to the beach, critiquing weddings, and so on). Why should it matter that she's never worked for a large corporation and been just another link in a large chain, never been in the military, never been part of the marriage partnership, has no idea of how having children changes your focus with respect to your career, has not watched friends and/or loved one die in front of your eyes, never experienced so many things that life dishes out to us." |
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Seen on the Tech Recruiters Forum:
Hi! I'm new to Technical Recruiting, and could desperately use a training class on the ins and outs of the tech world (verbage, positions, who does what, software, hardware, etc.). Any suggestions for a relatively inexpensive way to learn? I'm in Michigan. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
What a deal. She may be your 'crooter soon. And they let them reproduce -- wotta country!
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