Recruiters… In my experience recruiters rank just slightly above sales people. That is not meant to be complimentary. I think we’ve all had the experience of a pushy sales person who won’t take no for an answer, or who makes grand promises they can’t possibly deliver on. We’ve all had to deal with the avaricious sales jerk who is only interested in a quick commission and not the actual relationship with a client. Recruiters can operate in the same way, only instead of selling software or hardware, they are selling a person’s services. And just like any other sales person, they can promise the moon and deliver a dud. Whether they promise a job seeker the opportunity of a lifetime, or promise a company an astounding candidate; in either case, the worst type of recruiter doesn’t truly care about the relationship, only the commission. If you’ve experienced such a recruiter, you might be soured on the industry as a whole. But there can be value in working with a recruiter, and the most recent episode of Day Two Cloud gets into that very topic with Taylor Desseyn.
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