Here's the other end, recruiters hoping to sell you candidates:
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I emailed you about your opening last week. I'm just checking to see if you are still searching for great candidates.
If so, I can help! I have a great candidate who you may want to interview.
If not, let me know what positions you are looking to fill and I will get to
work.
CyberCoders is a pay for performance, nationwide recruiting firm that focuses on exceptional local candidates who meet your needs.
Best part? We stand behind all of our candidates and will replace them if for any reason they do not work out.
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That sounds nice, doesn't it? Except that I don't have a position open at the moment, nor did I last week, and how exactly are they representing "a great candidate" when they don't even know what we're looking for?
Naturally I wrote back saying that this was great and they should send me the resume immediately. They haven't responded...
I'm generally much more pro-recruiter than the crowd here at HN, but I filter anything from Cybercoders directly to the trash, both as a candidate and a hiring manager.
i recently had an exchange with 'Bill' from Cybercoders.
'found your resume, looks fantastic, check out this job posting'
- oh, i think i know the company, would love to work with them, let me know
two weeks later -
'found your resume, looks fantastic, check out this job posting'
- don't you remember me? there was a similar posting, and you didn't get back to me, ok, no matter.
'can i call you on friday'
didn't bother calling.
a week later starts leaving daily voice mails. i mistakenly answer, lie, and told him i just started at another job
a week later
'found your resume, looks fantastic...'
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I emailed you about your opening last week. I'm just checking to see if you are still searching for great candidates.
If so, I can help! I have a great candidate who you may want to interview.
If not, let me know what positions you are looking to fill and I will get to work.
CyberCoders is a pay for performance, nationwide recruiting firm that focuses on exceptional local candidates who meet your needs.
Best part? We stand behind all of our candidates and will replace them if for any reason they do not work out.
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That sounds nice, doesn't it? Except that I don't have a position open at the moment, nor did I last week, and how exactly are they representing "a great candidate" when they don't even know what we're looking for?
Naturally I wrote back saying that this was great and they should send me the resume immediately. They haven't responded...