Did a Recruiter Waste Your Time with Irrelevant Job Offers?
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Have you experienced frustration with recruiters sending irrelevant job offers? Hear this story and learn how to handle such situations with confidence and professionalism.
Good job you found out early, some recruiters are awful.
Good job you found out early, some recruiters are awful.
This all goes back to getting a GOOD recruiter. Some will just throw everything out and see if anything sticks.. and others will ACTUALLY take the time to get to know you and what you being and where you would like to go..that’s at least what my experience has been here in DFW.. absolutely LOVE the current gal I’m working with.
But that is the exception as I have ALWAYS had poor luck with recruiters (finance/accounting).
Sounds like you got a lazy one.
I once had a recruiter call to say they’d seen my CV online and asked me if I was interested in a role as a Spanish teacher. I cannot speak any Spanish and have never been a teacher, nor am I qualified to be one.
The amount of times a recruiter will say they have my resume, and then have zero idea about what I do for work is astounding
Epic response. 🎤 ⬇️
I was an IP Paralegal, I have lost count how many times I was asked about a job as a Lawyer! Which the job description clearly states what state the license has to be in. No where on my resume does it have a license nor a law degree! 🤣🤣🤣
Fwd to someone higher up in their company
Who was it?
Props to you for blasting them back since they disrespected your experience.
this will no doubt be spun as “UnGrAtEfUl LaZy PeOpLe JuSt DoN’t WaNt To WoRk” around their water cooler
I bet there are at least some recruiters out there who will lecture you on the very valid reason for this and justify the recruiter’s actions, then turn around and lambaste the next guy for being overqualified.
I would have politely asked why they felt the role was appropriate for you. Perhaps you’re coded incorrectly in their system.
If so, is it because of keywords in your resume? Will other systems code the same?
I wouldn’t work off the assumption that the recruiter genuinely believed a senior software engineer may want to do data entry.
I like it when they contact me to do cust. service at a payday loan place because I once worked up in a bank tower doing something completely different. Bright group of ppl.
Nothing worse than a crappy recruiter. Even worse when you’re actively looking for a role and they solicit trash
I had someone reach out and ask if I wanted to apply for a job teaching nursing.
I am not a nurse. Nowhere on my resume or my LinkedIn profile is the word “nurse” even mentioned.
You did the right thing. Also not sure how “working in the digital space” translates to a data entry job?? Doesn’t make sense.
Lol everyone wants a downgrade in life /s
Sounds like you dodged a .50mm round.