IT recruiters

[Dinny Breen]

Looking for a new role for the first time in 10 years.

So far my experience of recruiters has been horrific, no investment in you, poor communication and the feeling that you are literally just a piece of meat.

Would depress you...

[The Subbie]

A good rule of thumb is to avoid any that refer to themselves as talent acquisition specialists, LinkedIn is full of these charlatans.
Best of luck with the job hunting.

[Rois]

Def not just IT.
My OH is about to start a new job that was advertised through a recruiter.  At the end of the process she was absolutely torturing him to make a decision, giving him deadlines etc, with no regard for the huge life-changing decision he was about to make. 

Ps plenty of IT-based ops in my firm in a few locations around the country...I'll split the signing bonus with you 

[Dinny Breen]

A good rule of thumb is to avoid any that refer to themselves as talent acquisition specialists, LinkedIn is full of these charlatans.
Best of luck with the job hunting.

Ha! I am starting to learn that. I think I will need luck.

[Dinny Breen]

Def not just IT.
My OH is about to start a new job that was advertised through a recruiter.  At the end of the process she was absolutely torturing him to make a decision, giving him deadlines etc, with no regard for the huge life-changing decision he was about to make. 

Ps plenty of IT-based ops in my firm in a few locations around the country...I'll split the signing bonus with you 

If it was the right role you can keep it better you than some faceless recruiter 

[AZOffaly]

Don't be giving it to her, she'll only head off skiing in Saint Moritz or something!

[Bord na Mona man]

Would you not just apply directly to a few companies who you know are decent?
IT recruiters are 'square peg in round hole merchants' who rely on throughput rather than good role fits.

[punt kick]

A good rule of thumb is to avoid any that refer to themselves as talent acquisition specialists, LinkedIn is full of these charlatans.
Best of luck with the job hunting.

Agree Linkedin is the laziest form of job recruitment,  where most of these IT recruiters don't know the difference between an operating system or a fecking spreadsheet. They just send everything through to everyone in the hope someone will apply and they get their big commission.

[Dinny Breen]

Would you not just apply directly to a few companies who you know are decent?
IT recruiters are 'square peg in round hole merchants' who rely on throughput rather than good role fits.

I have gone direct and sooner that but not every company advertises directly. What I do is quite specialised but I am also looking at a possible change in direction too. Just finding the recruitment process painful and can't get over how it's changed in 10 years.

[Syferus]

I can't get over how many recruiters just spam messages on LinkedIn. What a crock of a profession.

[foxcommander]

Haven't been in the market recently but has anyone been told that if they need to have a linked in profile in order to apply for a job?

Can't stand that website.

[thebigfella]

Most of them are Parasites. They are right up there with estate agents as the lasiest pointless cnuts

[magpie seanie]

Dinny - I have had the exact same experience recently but it looks like I've landed a job in exactly the area I want. I worked for the same company for 9 years and fell into a contract (which turned out to be excellent) for a year. I've found recruitment agencies, linkdin etc to be nothing short of soul destroying. My conclusion is that some agencies are better than others, some agents are better than others. You have to keep after them and if they're shit you'll soon realise. Lots of them don't actually have the roles they advertise - if they cannot send you a detailed job spec for that specific role then it's a waste of time. Do not let them "put your details forward" - they're just trying to get the rights to "you" if you eventually land a role. You'll be up on a meaningless database but not submitted for a particular role.

Good luck. What's for you won't pass you.

[tonto1888]

Im currently looking for an IT role in the north having just moved home from england. Using a couple of recruitment forms and it's obvious which ones know what they're talking about and who doesn't know their stuff at all

[trueblue1234]

There are good recruiters and bad recruiters. Same as most professions. Try and find one where they'll discuss your career and what you want to do rather than shoehorn you in to a position that they have. A good recruiter will complete an interview and should be able to build a target list of organisations that fit. It also has to be mentioned that some candidates have unrealistic expections of what they want and can be ott demanding.

Yes I am a parasite recruiter.