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Re:Ask HN: What things that tech recruiters do, annoy you th... by garmaine on Sunday June 13, 2021 @02:39AM (#27490327)
> - “confidentially” telling me what other offers a candidate has because then I know they are also leaking my offers to my competitors

The only problem here is that they're claiming confidentiality which is obviously not true. Workers and their agents should be playing offers off each other.

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Re:Ask HN: What things that tech recruiters do, annoy you th... by Hnrobert42 on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:49PM (#27507399)
These recruiters are not agents of the workers. My company, not the candidates, pay the recruiters.
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Re:Ask HN: What things that tech recruiters do, annoy you th... by garmaine on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @01:35AM (#27525238)
Some of us actually have agents which represent us to recruiters.
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