Re:Ask HN: Do you prefer to search for a job in a job board ...
by joshstrange on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:14PM
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I’ve never met a competent recruiter. I’m not saying they don’t exist but they seem to be elusive if they do.
I’ve worked with multiple and they always strike me as uninformed, minimum wage, right-out-of-school, and flakey as fuck. I’ve been ghosted by recruiters, had them miss meetings then come up with absurd excuses, and generally fail to do the bare minimum. At one point I contacted a company directly after the recruiter made multiple mistakes and/or just lied (I think they lied at least) as the go between and I ended up getting the job.
I’m not saying I wouldn’t attempt to leverage one if I needed a job but they will never be my first pick.
I got my last job from a “who wants to be hired” thread here on HN and I couldn’t have asked for a better fit. I don’t know if that’s rare since I only did it once but I think I’d try it again if I was looking. That and looking through the “who’s hiring” thread. I’ve also been approached a few times about interviewing due to comments I’ve made on this site (about certain technologies or frameworks) so overall I see HN as a great resource on this front.
Ironically I love the _idea_ of recruiters and every time I go job hunting (and inevitable see if they have gotten any better) I think about how maybe my next job should be as a competent job recruiter since they are in such short, or non-existent, supply.
I’ve worked with multiple and they always strike me as uninformed, minimum wage, right-out-of-school, and flakey as fuck. I’ve been ghosted by recruiters, had them miss meetings then come up with absurd excuses, and generally fail to do the bare minimum. At one point I contacted a company directly after the recruiter made multiple mistakes and/or just lied (I think they lied at least) as the go between and I ended up getting the job.
I’m not saying I wouldn’t attempt to leverage one if I needed a job but they will never be my first pick.
I got my last job from a “who wants to be hired” thread here on HN and I couldn’t have asked for a better fit. I don’t know if that’s rare since I only did it once but I think I’d try it again if I was looking. That and looking through the “who’s hiring” thread. I’ve also been approached a few times about interviewing due to comments I’ve made on this site (about certain technologies or frameworks) so overall I see HN as a great resource on this front.
Ironically I love the _idea_ of recruiters and every time I go job hunting (and inevitable see if they have gotten any better) I think about how maybe my next job should be as a competent job recruiter since they are in such short, or non-existent, supply.