Timeline for How to teach a recruitment agency or a recruiter a very hard lesson in a professional way?
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| Apr 29, 2015 at 15:34 | answer | added | user8365 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 15:15 | vote | accept | Jack Twain | ||
| Apr 29, 2015 at 15:15 | vote | accept | Jack Twain | ||
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| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:48 | answer | added | blankip | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:44 | comment | added | blankip | @JackTwain - Who is this world famous professor you have? | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Jodrell | More than anything, he probably wanted to gather information about the software company and the name of a contact there. Recruiters are in a cut-throat business with a low barrier to entry and can only survive by rapidly matching candidates with roles, At the moment, at the graduate level, there are a lot more candidates than roles. Remember that they are paid by companies that need to recruit, not by would be recruits. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @KillianDS p.s. I had a work at the Uni during my studies. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @KillianDS thank you for your comment. I was actually told by many recruiters that my CV is very interesting and I have very nice skills. It was only this recruiter who was bad. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 13:32 | answer | added | Billy | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:46 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:33 | comment | added | Ludwik | You sound like you could personally need some humility. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 10:52 | comment | added | KillianDS | To be honest, I think you sound kind of arrogant yourself here, maybe you want to take a look at yourself? You're straight from uni, having an 'excellent' CV is not impossible but unlikely. Being with the best at 'one of' the best universities is okay, but does not say all that much (e.g. how are your extracurricular skills), ... . I'm just saying, maybe the recruiter came over condescending, but he could have had a point. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:54 | comment | added | Masked Man | @JackTwain OK, that sounds reasonable. Let me think if I can post an answer not already covered by the others. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:52 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @Happy it's important to me because if other recruiters see the consequence of such behavior then I'll probably not have to face such a situation again in the future. Or even other candidates. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:51 | comment | added | AakashM | @JackTwain OK, but if the recruiters are in the UK it is UK practice they will be following. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:49 | comment | added | Masked Man | @JackTwain I did not ask you to think in any particular way, I just asked why this is important to you. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:48 | answer | added | Vietnhi Phuvan | timeline score: 14 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @tehnyit I haven't accepted any job offer yet and still looking. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @Happy if everyone thinks like that then bad people won't be accounted for their actions. People need to understand that their bad behaviors with others have consequences. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:46 | comment | added | Jack Twain | @AakashM it's the German market. The recruiters are calling from the UK to fill positions in Germany. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:34 | comment | added | davidjwest | Move on with your life, you will come across people like this from time to time, best just ignore them. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:09 | comment | added | tehnyit | I suggest to just say "Thank you for your call, but I am not interested. Good bye." and hang up. Since you have already accepted a job offer, you have nothing to lose with this recruiter. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 8:50 | answer | added | Cronax | timeline score: 20 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 8:23 | comment | added | Masked Man | Why is it so important to you to teach this recruiter a lesson? (Never mind who was right or wrong, I am not even getting into that.) What exactly do you gain if he learns a "lesson"? | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 7:53 | comment | added | AakashM | Both this and your other question suggest an (understandable) unfamiliarity with conversational style and recruitment practice in the UK. This will come with experience, but in the mean time you should probably be assuming that a) the questions you get asked are the normal questions that get asked and b) the way you're spoken to is the normal way that recruiters speak. No one's out to get you - they don't know you! | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 7:07 | answer | added | Nathan | timeline score: 39 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 7:05 | answer | added | Fiora the Ferret | timeline score: 19 | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 6:51 | history | asked | Jack Twain | CC BY-SA 3.0 |