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Re:Messing with recruiters by Nate75Sanders on Friday December 02, 2011 @04:03AM (#3303289)
I've met exactly one recruiter out of literally hundreds that I've interacted with who was worth a crap. I looked him up and found out he had participated in the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

The problem is that there is no barrier to entry to becoming a tech recruiter. Or maybe there is, but that barrier to entry is previously selling cell phones or something -- I'm not sure.

I don't talk to 3rd party recruiters basically ever anymore.

Briefly skimming your previous comments, it looks like you're a former developer and based in the UK, so those are things that I don't have a lot of experience with in recruiters.

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Re:Messing with recruiters by Peroni on Friday December 02, 2011 @06:11AM (#3303556)
The problem is that there is no barrier to entry to becoming a tech recruiter.

That's the issue, there is a barrier to entry but it's in the wrong place. The requirement is strong sales skills and a hunger to earn money. I've yet to come across an agency that hires people purely because they are former developers.

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