Recruitment FAIL
I was recently driving a friend to the airport when I received a call from a number that wasn’t in my iPhone’s contact list. Generally speaking I would ignore the call, but I thought it might be someone I had met recently, so I picked it up. Here’s a reasonably accurate transcript of the conversation:
“Hi, This is ***** from Robert Half Technology, ”
“Is this a headhunting call”
“Well, yes it is”
“I’m sorry, I’m very happily employed.”
*click*
This wouldn’t be so frustrating if I didn’t get (at least) 3 calls from recruiters a day, but I do. I understand that finding smart people to do geeky things is difficult, but what I don’t understand is why recruiters, and recruitment companies, this this is the best way to go about finding solid employees.
Kyle Neath has a writeup about some of his thoughts on recruitment that you may want to check out. My advice? Find a way to be interesting and please don’t waste my time.