Comments on: How to recognize a bad recruiter http://www.jobsearchdebugged.com/blog/index.php/how-to-recognize-a-bad-recruiter/ My Clients get Hired. Is it your turn? Wed, 05 May 2010 19:49:28 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: john DiLiddo http://www.jobsearchdebugged.com/blog/index.php/how-to-recognize-a-bad-recruiter/comment-page-1/#comment-1376 john DiLiddo Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:48:59 +0000 http://www.jobsearchdebugged.com/blog/?p=275#comment-1376 My limited experience with recruiters on job boards is they are somewhat suspicious when there is no phone number to contact them just an e-mail address to send your resume. They all say no calls accepted. I would shy away from these people. My limited experience with recruiters on job boards is they are somewhat suspicious when there is no phone number to contact them just an e-mail address to send your resume. They all say no calls accepted. I would shy away from these people.

]]> By: SeattleStaffer http://www.jobsearchdebugged.com/blog/index.php/how-to-recognize-a-bad-recruiter/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 SeattleStaffer Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:03 +0000 http://www.jobsearchdebugged.com/blog/?p=275#comment-1261 While I completely agree with the fact that there are a slew of Recruiters that give us a bad rap I wanted to point out a couple of things per your post. First of all the questions you supplied to ask the Recruiter are good however can easily be fudged. There are a number of Recruiters out there that will tell you what you want to hear with very little honesty or integrity. I would first recommend asking for referrals through your network of friends. The best way to judge a Recruiter, is to have worked with them through the entire process, a referral from your network is a clear choice. #2. Who is your company contact? * If you are dealing with an agency or Independant Recruiter they should be willing to atleast give the title of the contact they are working with. If they are working with HR you can assume a longer turn-around for feedback. However I would urge you to still move forward. An experienced Recruiter will prepare you with information as to next steps, expected timeline, and what to expect (interview process for client). However: #9. Name and contact information for the company? * I don't know a single recruiter (there may be some out there, but I don't know any) that will be willing to give you this information. The reason being someone had to go out and develop a relationship with the client in order to gain access to the position they are working on. Just like not all Recruiters are honest, same goes for candidates it's an unfortunate truth. That being said if they give you the contact information, what prevents you from going to the client directly? If you have a strong relationship with your Recruiter they may be more comfortable with providing this information. However when first starting out with a Recruiter I would not expect or base a decision on obtaining this piece of information. While I completely agree with the fact that there are a slew of Recruiters that give us a bad rap I wanted to point out a couple of things per your post.

First of all the questions you supplied to ask the Recruiter are good however can easily be fudged. There are a number of Recruiters out there that will tell you what you want to hear with very little honesty or integrity. I would first recommend asking for referrals through your network of friends. The best way to judge a Recruiter, is to have worked with them through the entire process, a referral from your network is a clear choice.

#2. Who is your company contact?
* If you are dealing with an agency or Independant Recruiter they should be willing to atleast give the title of the contact they are working with. If they are working with HR you can assume a longer turn-around for feedback. However I would urge you to still move forward. An experienced Recruiter will prepare you with information as to next steps, expected timeline, and what to expect (interview process for client).

However:
#9. Name and contact information for the company?
* I don’t know a single recruiter (there may be some out there, but I don’t know any) that will be willing to give you this information. The reason being someone had to go out and develop a relationship with the client in order to gain access to the position they are working on. Just like not all Recruiters are honest, same goes for candidates it’s an unfortunate truth. That being said if they give you the contact information, what prevents you from going to the client directly? If you have a strong relationship with your Recruiter they may be more comfortable with providing this information. However when first starting out with a Recruiter I would not expect or base a decision on obtaining this piece of information.

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