[LRUG] ADVICE

[Simon Morley]

A recent favourite from one anonymous recruitment consultant, had the the
subject:

  A1 Grade Quantity Surveyor!

Followed two pages of drivel about how he had a numerous other
surveyors who were *perfect* for a job at PolkaSpots *Wi-Fi.*..

As we're unable to get rid of them (and estate agents), a little research
and consideration goes a long way.

There's probably a time and a place for them - some close friends use them
all the time, get great results and continue to use them. Having said that,
they work for big, non-bootstrapped businesses.

Simon


On 24 May 2013 16:37, Frederick Cheung <frederick.cheung at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 24 May 2013, at 16:29, Paul Battley <pbattley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't hate recruiters, but most of the contact I get from them is
> > just a waste of time. The vast majority of emails I'm sent are low on
> > information and high on hyperbole: the only content is often "there is
> > a job". But I *know* there's a job. There are lots of jobs around!
> > Tell me why I might be interested. "Salary up to £X", or puffery like
> > "exciting company" doesn't tell me anything.
> >
> > I'm also astonished by the number of recruiters who try to push
> > communications to phone calls. It makes me wonder if they've met many
> > developers.
> >
>
> I'm just astonished by the number of recruitment agencies who see an ad
> that says "no agencies please" and then think it would be a wonderful idea
> to contact me. That only wastes about 10 seconds each time it happens but
> it seems so unnecessary.
>
> As a tongue in cheek don't send me those sorts of emails, I put words to
> the effect of "if you're a recruiter go set yourself on fire" on the about
> me page of my blog (so long ago that I had forgotten it was there). One
> particular recruiter took that as a cue to email my CEO about how offended
> he was (with a picture of a tibetan monk on fire attached).
>
> Fred
>
>
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