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Re:Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech by colechristensen on Monday December 27, 2021 @11:01PM (#29710202)
In the past I have had this problem often, round after round of handshakes back and forth trying to get availability to schedule brief phone calls despite me saying repeatedly “just call me”.

My favorite was when I was contacted by the CEO of a small company asking if I was interested, foisted off on a recruiter who didn’t have time to schedule a call for a week and a half, and then told the position was no longer open.

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Re:Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech by zenlikethat on Monday December 27, 2021 @11:04PM (#29710224)
Annoying, but an important signal in a job search. If they don't have it together when they should be putting their best foot forward, they're going to be a complete disaster on the other side.
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Re:Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech by jll29 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:05AM (#29712510)
Yes, company recruiters are part of the external face of the company. If they are chaotic - don't sign on.

There is, however, one exception to this rule: if recruiting/hiring is outsourced, then one may not interfere too much about the company from recruiters' behavior (there are many corporation where the friendly HR lady next door was replaced by a mailing list in a low cost country).

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