Timeline for Risks of sending resumes to recruiters
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| Oct 8, 2015 at 14:32 | comment | added | Mark Smith | Like I said, if you have people falling over themselves to get you, let them work. If you don't, make it as easy as possible for them to promote you rather than the guy whose CV imports right away. Numerous told me their tool didn't like my PDF and asked me to resend as doc -- several only when I chased them up. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 14:30 | comment | added | Bill Leeper | Sounds like a lazy recruiter. Must be a tough job market where you are that they would ignore a potential payout. Market for my field and area is super hot right now, can't get talent to save ourselves. I can't imagine a recruiter turning anything down right now, I could send my CV on a napkin and they would take it seriously. Also, most DB tools will read a PDF. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 8:39 | comment | added | Mark Smith | I sent my CV as a PDF during a job-hunt last year. Mistake. It didn't work with any of the recruiters' standard database tools (they wanted a Microsoft Word doc), and mostly they just ignored it and worked on someone easier. Most didn't even tell me that it didn't work until I followed up. If you have some rare skill people are fighting to get, maybe let the recruiters do the work. But if you're just a normal Joe, make it as easy for them to work with you as possible. | |
| Oct 7, 2015 at 20:38 | history | answered | Bill Leeper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |