During my last 5 years I have changed my jobs 2 times. I found job market interesting and It is now my passion to learn the job market and have observed the good and bad trends in the market. One of the most shocking things I have observed is that there are quite a lot of hidden traps and I would like to share a few with my readers.
During my research I have came across very professional recruiters and there where a handful that caused me some trouble. I have categorized them in to five distinct groups. Before I continue I would like to make it clear to my readers that recruiters are sales people their goal is to make a sale to benefit their pocket.
Client hunters type 1 (Reference killers)
Reference killers are the recruiters who are interested in getting your references first so that they can call them to get more business for them in future.
There is a growing Trent among recruiters especially in staffing industry to call job seekers and give false impression about lucrative jobs. They will lie that there is an excellent position with one of their clients in your home town or near buy and they have good hold on the account. They will urge then to send resume and need reference as managers including contact info of the current /last position.
Their goal is get the reference so that they can build some contact with the people and they will continue the same trick to others. These recruiters then pass the manager contacts to their sales lead or they may sell it other vendors.
Client hunters Type 2 (New Business development seekers)
This category of recruiters are interested in knowing your project managers and to know more about the company you worked for so that they can contact the managers to sell their services.
One evening I got a call from a recruiter a reputable small consulting company the recruiter was exceptional he was sympathies with me. We went over the resume and see the projects and the status of the projects I was in the last 2 years.
After the interview I realized that I got robbed again during the so called interview process the caller was able to get the detailed info about the project and key contacts in projects. I later learned that the same caller made contacts with the people I mentioned during the interview. There is an open secret that the best way to know about accompany is to interview the people in the company.
Serial Head hunters (Resume collectors)
This category of recruiters is only interested in resumes and will do any thing to get that.
Many time I get calls from a recruiter that he/she has a great position with salary almost 30% more than I am making now and they want the resume immediately and the employer is waiting for my resume.
I was really excited and gave the resume immediately then I waited for almost 2 months then I got a call from the same person asking for referral to my friends .
Over friendly
These are recruiters who get too friendly for the purpose of getting you to a job which can gain him/her the most benefits.
Most of the recruiters are very friendly just like a car salesmen and often there is a trap with over friendliness. One of my friends had a good job with a fortune 500 company one day he got a call from a recruiter who got his number from one of his reference. They became friends and pursued him for an exceptional opportunity with a start up which shady funding.
H1b only
This category of recruiters will only recruit you only if you are on a visa they will be after you if you tell that you are a visa holder.
This set of recruiters will give preference to you if you show that you are a visa holder. Once I told a recruiter that I am a visa holder and he was all over me. The recruiter was offering free training and was willing to help me in all possible ways.
This objective of this article is to educate you with the above dangers be smart it is your responsibility to protect your references and use it only when needed.
During my research I have came across very professional recruiters and there where a handful that caused me some trouble. I have categorized them in to five distinct groups. Before I continue I would like to make it clear to my readers that recruiters are sales people their goal is to make a sale to benefit their pocket.
Client hunters type 1 (Reference killers)
Reference killers are the recruiters who are interested in getting your references first so that they can call them to get more business for them in future.
There is a growing Trent among recruiters especially in staffing industry to call job seekers and give false impression about lucrative jobs. They will lie that there is an excellent position with one of their clients in your home town or near buy and they have good hold on the account. They will urge then to send resume and need reference as managers including contact info of the current /last position.
Their goal is get the reference so that they can build some contact with the people and they will continue the same trick to others. These recruiters then pass the manager contacts to their sales lead or they may sell it other vendors.
Client hunters Type 2 (New Business development seekers)
This category of recruiters are interested in knowing your project managers and to know more about the company you worked for so that they can contact the managers to sell their services.
One evening I got a call from a recruiter a reputable small consulting company the recruiter was exceptional he was sympathies with me. We went over the resume and see the projects and the status of the projects I was in the last 2 years.
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After the interview I realized that I got robbed again during the so called interview process the caller was able to get the detailed info about the project and key contacts in projects. I later learned that the same caller made contacts with the people I mentioned during the interview. There is an open secret that the best way to know about accompany is to interview the people in the company.
Serial Head hunters (Resume collectors)
This category of recruiters is only interested in resumes and will do any thing to get that.
Many time I get calls from a recruiter that he/she has a great position with salary almost 30% more than I am making now and they want the resume immediately and the employer is waiting for my resume.
I was really excited and gave the resume immediately then I waited for almost 2 months then I got a call from the same person asking for referral to my friends .
Over friendly
These are recruiters who get too friendly for the purpose of getting you to a job which can gain him/her the most benefits.
Most of the recruiters are very friendly just like a car salesmen and often there is a trap with over friendliness. One of my friends had a good job with a fortune 500 company one day he got a call from a recruiter who got his number from one of his reference. They became friends and pursued him for an exceptional opportunity with a start up which shady funding.
H1b only
This category of recruiters will only recruit you only if you are on a visa they will be after you if you tell that you are a visa holder.
This set of recruiters will give preference to you if you show that you are a visa holder. Once I told a recruiter that I am a visa holder and he was all over me. The recruiter was offering free training and was willing to help me in all possible ways.
This objective of this article is to educate you with the above dangers be smart it is your responsibility to protect your references and use it only when needed.
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