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Tech Recruiters Defend 'Blacklists,' Lack of Feedback, Screening Techniques
Nerval's Lobster (2598977) writes Remember when executives at Apple, Google, and other firms "fixed" the market for highly skilled tech workers by agreeing not to steal each other's employees? That little incident made a lot of people think about the true modus operandi of corporate and third-party tech recruiters. Dice sat down with some of those recruiters, who talked about everything from "no poaching" tactics to the "blacklist" that exists for candidates who make boneheaded mistakes in interviews. The bottom line? Recruiters seem to pass the blame for some of the industry's most egregious errors on "junior recruiters and agencies," while insisting that their goal in life is to get you a job. How does that align with your experience?
They just made a left join against the database skills table when they should've done an inner join.
Oops.
I once worked with a headhunter. When I talked with them, one of the things I made clear was that I did not know DB, had no experience with DB, and they should not send me on any interviews for DB work.
So they send me on an interview. Three minutes into the interview, I'm apologizing for wasting their time. The assholes sent me to a job interview for a DBA post.
prima donna.
When the foot seeks the place of the head, the line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
Hmmm replies to a post about how the grandparent doesn't have DB experience with a DB joke. Sure you're not a recruiter? :)
I'm sure he's genuinely sorry to hear such criticisms....
That is my wife you are besmirching. She is a headhunter. She does not follow the typical mold in that she actually cares about the candidates and does her best to match the corporate requirements with the available talent pool. She will be straightforward with the candidates and actually preps them with what to expect in the interview. On the one job she found for me (her engineer husband) I was there for only six weeks and then she was promoted to a city across the state (PA). One co-worker actually asked what my wife's fee was for placing me. As she knew the president of the firm and worked with him before, the fee was zero. So my response to the lout was, "Come to think of it, her fee was 'my entire salary.'"
Recruiters would reject an application from Steve Jobs to work at Apple, because he didn't have 20 years of experience in the smart phone field.
To be fair, his performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died.
For example, pretending to not discriminate on age by asking precisely selected interview questions.
"Reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention. Now, imagine you see some children on your lawn. What's your reaction?"