tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403618612436542332.post8420946191401674468..comments2023-04-01T03:39:25.618-04:00Comments on Recruiting Rants: It's not just Americans....Dave Aronsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05727750970755433075noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403618612436542332.post-77851711185080350102014-11-03T09:23:36.956-05:002014-11-03T09:23:36.956-05:00Oh, and as for their usefulness, back when I was d...Oh, and as for their usefulness, back when I was doing "permanent" jobs, I had a grand total of *one* from a recruiter, out of about a dozen. However, they get me about a third of my freelance work. I'd have to dig into my files, though, to figure out how many were from them contacting me, vs. them putting out an ad and me contacting them.Dave Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727750970755433075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403618612436542332.post-17508319999279426312014-11-03T09:20:30.349-05:002014-11-03T09:20:30.349-05:00It's basically the same economics as spam. Th...It's basically the same economics as spam. There's no penalty for doing it the lazy way that annoys the receiver, it's a lot easier, and one hit can pay for millions of misses and leave a healthy profit. So, just like most emailers aren't spammers but the vast majority of all email sent is spam, most recruiters are OK but the vast majority of all *contacts from recruiters* are Dave Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727750970755433075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403618612436542332.post-16880672024837357562014-11-03T07:57:25.740-05:002014-11-03T07:57:25.740-05:00I was never helped to get a job by any recruiters....I was never helped to get a job by any recruiters. At first, being new in this industry, I thought it was just me that was getting a raw deal (being an older lady who got into this career rather later than everybody else). But after several senior devs told me their nightmare stories with recruiters, I now believe that recruiters really don't care about helping junior level devs with getting Jacqueline S. Homanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779679291861072993noreply@blogger.com