Have you ever:
- Phoned a company and used the line “have you got any vacancies”?
- Told your boss you have an offsite interview when you are really playing golf
- Sold a candidate into a job that you know isn’t right for them – just to get the fee
- “massaged” a candidate’s history to conceal something you think your client wouldn’t like
- Sent out a candidate’s CV to every single company you can think of (without their permission)
- Run your temp desk like a mother hen/wicked witch to manipulate your “girls/boys”
- Used any of these words on your marketing literature unique, bespoke, exclusive, professional, dynamic.. when you aren’t
Obviously, I’ve never worked with anyone like this 🙂 but if you have please feel free to leave a comment on any other signs you spotted
love this Louise. I always remember sitting in a bank of Recruiters and them using some pretty interesting language to describe their latest girlfriends… “unit” was my favourite 😉
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I may have had a humour bypass due to the heat but not sure it’s helpful that a (I think) well known recruitment industry site peddles a bad image of the industry as a stereotype. Might it not have been better to title the piece “7 Signs You’re a Bad Recruiter?” Or “7 Signs You’re a Recruitment Dinosaur”?
Robert
I appreciate it may not be your sense of humour but I don’t think there is anything wrong with admitting that there is a recruitment stereotype. I’m certainly not endorsing it. If I thought there was the slightest chance I would tarnish the industry with my comments I wouldn’t have posted the blog.
Hiding the fact that this happens does not change the fact that it is a problem. Burying your head in the sand is not a solution so well done for looking at this in a humorous way Louise. 🙂
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