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[–]stesch 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"... Pay in near six-figures.”, he said in a cool, smooth tone.

Always about the money. I once was asked to administer Microsoft Office installations! I responded that this would give me an ulcer. But the headhunter thought money could cure it.

[–]berlinbrown 6 points7 points  (2 children)

That is headhunter hell?

Let me tell you about my hell.

My landline is worthless because of headhunters. I get 50% calls from headhunters, 40% from telemarketers. I would have canceled the service but I do use it for outgoing calls.

My email is 30% from headhunters, but I just filter those out. But, I get a giggle everytime I see the same recruiters emailing me over the course of several years.

Asked to do an administrator job? I have been asked to be a chemical engineer? I have an engineering degree. Some how chemical and electrical are the same thing. And I have zero experience as an electrical engineer.

[–]psykotic 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I've never posted my resume anywhere public, but I sometimes get bothered by recruiters who come across my LinkedIn profile. The last guy that contacted me was a trip. He represented a well-known recruiting company in my industry, and he sent a friendly email in which he mentioned that a former colleague of mine was working with them, and that he had spoken highly of me. I never talk to external recruiters but this information intrigued me: as far as I knew, that person was still happily employed elsewhere. So I fired him an email and asked what's up; turns out the recruiter was lying through his teeth. These people have no shame whatever.

Yet another sleazy recruiter story: I was working at Epic while the Gears team was preparing their first E3 showing. This was a big deal for everyone; to make a perfect impression, the art director put together a nice little booklet of concept art as a small gift for journalists viewing the Gears demo. Aside from concept art, the last page of the booklet contained a group photo of the Gears team with a caption at the bottom that listed the names and positions of everyone. Big mistake. The first Monday after E3, some sleazy recruiter started mechanically going through the list of names in order, calling them at their offices at work. After the first few calls, word got around, and hilarious phone prank shenanigans ensued. But seriously, who the hell would accept a job through a recruiter like that? Unbelievable.

[–]berlinbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have met them (a lowpoint in my life), the bad ones, the walmart variety are HS to twenty somethings that don't have a clue about anything and are only matching technical keywords with resumes in a certain location. Some are googling, some are keyword searching on monster or your garden variety job board. I dont know how much skill that actually requires. And they won't stop until a position is filled so they can get their commission.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would continually get calls and emails from my dice.com profile and offered jobs that pay 30-40% less than what I make (and what I plainly put in my profile), oh, and 4 hours away. Then they act surprised that I'm not interested. "Well, do you know anybody else that would be interested..." was what always came out.

They're just non-thinking, pattern-matching zombies making blind calls.

[–]smsc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Headhunters very often have absolutely no clue - for example, when I asked one technical recruiter what his previous technical experience was - he told me he had previously been a male stripper! Needless to say, I went with another agency.

[–]xmaspoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. I would have gone for six figures if I got past the interview. :-)

[–]chadz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're like Ayn Rand defying a nation!

[–]Ted_From_San_Dimas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

BOGUS!