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Originally Posted by JeremyD
A recruiter / headhunter - a quality version - will be professional, quick, concise. If I know what company you are working for - I already know what you are being paid. If I'm good at my job - I already know your supervisor is banging the receptionist and everybody is worried the ceo is dipping into the 401K contributions.
Really - be courteous - be professional - keep contact information. You never know when you might need it. This day and age, it's beneficial to cast a wide net in a job search. That includes friends and family, professional associations, that includes social media and that also includes agencies and head hunters.
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Well, probably not, this is Belgium he spoke Dutch, or at least mumbled it.
So i assume he was from Brussels not from a 3rd world country, Dutch is not an easy language for foreigners to learn.
What you describe, i would call that a headhunter, i've been headhunted before, and that was not an unpleasant experience at all. In fact it got me a kickass job at Novell at the time.. great on my CV..
But in Belgium recruiters are just terrible.
it starts with the job ads.
- Need all round It person
So you call to find out "what" they need , programmer/devver , support, project mgmt, etc etct
They'll flat out refuse to give out any information , insisting you drive 140 km's to go see them in person
As if. I want to know if there's even a point in me going there.
Why would i drive 140 km for a developers job, if i'm not a developer?
Or they list the ad as
"you are the It manager, you will manage the support team, the inhouse developer, and do occasional network troubleshooting"
When it turns out it's a job where they pay you as a 1st line helpdesker, but expect you to manage yourself, be the in house developer, and do all throubleshooting yourself.
another example from a MAAAJOR recrutement agency had me over for a reasonably high profile tech job in 2007... the want me to do psychotechnical questions, i oblige..
He comes back with , well this is your test result, it looks ok and all that, not a bad match for the job..
But this is a senior profile we are looking for, and from where i'm looking i see more of a junior profile.
* excuse me? Could you care to elaborate on that, 10 years of experience, 6 years at Novell as Backline tech & team coordinator? Doesn't that count for anything?*
He goes, i don't really know Novell, i normally don't do IT stuff, i'm just filling in for a coworker who's on pregnacy leave.
I walked out without saying another word.