My last interaction with a recruiter:

He calls me to ask if he can ‘say you’ve done <reading straight off a job posting>‘, when I tell him, yeah I’ve done that, he just hits return in my resume and copy/pastes the line from the job posting in my beautifully crafted resume, mutilating it beyond recognition.

I just had one pull a bait and switch on me by offering me a developer position at a highly desirable company in my area after interrupting me in a meeting at work with a phone call. I called her back, she told me “actually you’re not qualified for this and maybe the position doesn’t even exist lol sorry.” The next…

I hate recruiters, they’re ridiculously lazy and always offering completely irrelevant jobs.

And also don’t forget just because they sent out these messages, it doesn’t mean they actually even read your resume, profile or even the position they’re offering!

I occasionally get hit up on Linkedin by recruiters. I was flattered at first, but soon realized that most recruiters don’t care about me or what my actual work experience is that’s clearly exemplified in my portfolio, or have any tact to shoot me a rejection message after I’ve worked with them for a few weeks. As…

I’m a corporate recruiter and I rarely would ever need a Word resume. PDF works great, though it doesn’t always scan well in my tracking system if it’s loaded up with too many graphics.

I’ve gotten so tired of recruiters. Without them really telling any details of opportunities, you spend a good 15 minutes talking with them, you send them your resume, then you never hear from them again. Then weeks or months later you get another message from them “Hey, I came across your resume and are working on a…