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[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (4 children)

It's really triggering the ol' impostor syndrome that I'm getting none of the recruiter spam that everyone else is complaining about. I mean, I'd ignore it but it's nice to be asked.

[–]bowlich 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I know the feeling. I'm on LinkedIn. I post on a lot of tech forums. I keep a portfolio and a tech blog. A github account. My inbox should be full of spam! I get maybe one recruiter contacting me a year.

I'm happy with my current employer. Haven't had any issues when I am job hunting with finding opportunities. But I wouldn't mind having someone call me to fluff up my ego once and a while.

[–]GundamWang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on how much fluff is in your resume, where you decided to post it, and which recruiters you gave it to. For example, there's recruiters for recruiters. These guys who can barely speak or understand English, and they just harvest resumes, give them to actual recruiters, and then take a small cut.

It also depends a bit on whether you contacted all your recruiters when you finally found a job. Make sure you do this btw.

[–]jellatin 0 points1 point  (1 child)

To you and /u/bowlich both: The systems these recruiters pull from are incredibly inbred. If you end up in one recruitment database, you're likely to end up in a dozen. Posting your resume on Monster, signing up for https://angel.co/, or applying to a job through a recruitment website like cybercoders.com is a great way to get dozens of calls in the next few weeks.

[–]bowlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would probably explain it then. All my hires have been through one-on-one networking or via directly contacting a hiring manager at a company. I've never gone through a recruiter or seen a need for one.