Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter

Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by jrochkind1 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @12:22PM (#30165879)

> The reasons that there are so many incompetent recruiters are many, but a few are… companies hire entry level recruiters and pay them next to nothing in guaranteed compensation (mostly commission-based). The good ones will make the company a lot of money, and the bad ones can't afford to stay in the industry because they aren't making enough in commission - so they 'go away'

Wouldn't that be an explanation for why there shouldn't be so many incompetent recruiters? Why don't the incompetent ones all "go away"?

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by fecak on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @01:00PM (#30166461)

Good question. The bad ones don't go away immediately. They go away eventually, and are quickly replaced with another round of new hires. So you have maybe 10% of the industry that stays for the long haul, and 90% is a revolving door of college grads.

There are probably other industries that have similar models where most of the workforce is newbies at all times, but I don't have an example that won't be dissected.

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by selfhifive on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @01:39PM (#30167072)

That's a great description of software consultancy firms. Most people are fresh college grads who leave after their first contract is up or earlier.

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by fecak on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @01:53PM (#30167281)

The bigger ones, yes. Not boutique/niche firms, but large ones tend to churn.

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by nsv on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @05:06PM (#30170153)

Well, retail and food service is a classic example of a high-turnover industry.

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