May I ask what’s your deal with the recruiters?
How do you screen them before sending your resume? (or you just send your resume whenever they ask for it?)
Any company or recruiter that you would like warn this sub?
Advice on the do’s and don’ts too would be appreciated.
For me, I don’t write my full address in the resume.
Also, if they missed an appointment with me or not on-time, i will never deal with them again.
How about you?
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I don’t use recruiters anymore but some red flags I perceive and have seen are.
1. Creates a sense of urgency, like this position may fill soon, or this company will have a huge strategy shift.
2. Tries to imply that your choices or current career path has no future.
3. Claims to have insider, secret or non publicly disclosed information.
4. Smack talks certain companies while promoting others.
I typically ask them to send me the salary range for the position. If they don’t know it or if the position is paying so low as to be insulting to someone with my experience and background I know they are just shotgunning questions to people who match key words and haven’t actually looked at the position or my suitability for it.
After that if they insist on an in person meeting I screen them out as well. I’m happy they have time to meet in person with all the applicants to screen them out. I’m a busy guy, I don’t have time to do social calls with recruiters and in general don’t like burning my PTO for frankly something a telephone call would be sufficient to accomplish.
The only interaction I’ve ever had with LinkedIn recruiters is asking the salary range for the position. Either they ghost me at that point, or they send a range that is laughably low and I ghost them. Never really made it past that point honestly.
Ask about salary, whether it’s remote and a couple of questions to make sure they’ve read my profile to start with. It’s 99% bullshit so always screen.
1. Spelling my name right
2. Suggesting roles at the right level
3. Able to quote a salary range
If they pass these 3 tests then I would talk to them over a call. Then I’ll see if they are really listening or just trying to get me to send them a resume for everything they have.
I usually deal with in house HR recruiter only. I never have a positive experience with recruiters. They usually only care about their placement numbers. Waste of time.
In addition to what others have already added, these are my red flags for recruiters:
1. Unprofessional communication on LinkedIn. I am not your friend, and we are not messaging on LINE.
2. Lacking an understanding of the role they’re hiring for. I don’t expect a tech recruiter to be able to code, but they should at least be aware of which tools and languages their client uses- and which ones are not necessary for the role they’re offering.
3. Belittling or otherwise rude comments during a phone screening. Run, don’t walk from those types!
4. Poor reviews for the recruiting company on Google or similar. There can be good and bad recruiters at the same company, of course. If the company as a whole has a low rating, though, the odds of you working with an especially good recruiter are low and not worth your time.
You absolutely can find good jobs in Japan without third-party recruiters if you network effectively, have marketable skills, and know at least a bit of Japanese.
I ask them to send me a JD and most comply. 90% of JD’s don’t match my experience so I immediately tell them so. I also tell my salary expectations in the first reply, that also makes half of the recruiters to ghost me immediately.
The 1-2 peeps that are left will actually have relevant positions with reasonable compensation figures.
One dude was really insistent that he needs to talk to me first before JD will appear on my lap, because his client wants to keep his startup secret. Called his BS right there. 2 weeks later he mailed me again like it was the first time again.
– Ask for the salary range
– Ask for the company name
Those are 2 things that recruiters don’t like to answer.
They don’t like telling the salary range because they know you will ask for the upper part of it. While you may think they have an incentive to sell you for a higher salary (since they are paid based on how much you will get paid), they only make money if they get you a contract so it’s better for them to guarantee a successful referral at the cheapest price than fighting against other applicants from other recruiters and risk not getting paid at all.
They don’t like telling the company name because they are afraid you will apply to the company directly to undercut them.
The recruiter who got me my current job was gave me those info right away without me asking. He asked me how much money I wanted and he actually got me 2millions more. The company was agent seven.
The previous recruiter I worked with was the opposite, he would just drop candidates asking too much and only sent applications of candidates under pricing themselves on the market.