champchamp

Certified Savage

Acclaimed Answer

Are recruiters fucking stupid?

What's up sales fam,

I am actively looking for opportunities at this time and have spoken with a bunch of recruiters and have been very frustrated at how incompetent a lot of them are.

From taking 2 fucking weeks to schedule a simple intro call, asking for my resume, and then going completely dark, having to literally remind them about submitting me to the company.

Some of them have been great and very efficient but I have dealt with a lot that are completely incompetent.

We can't mention companies but I've had three recruiters reach out to me from the same company, the second equally or more incompetent than the first, I just ignored the 3rd.

I know recruiters have different incentives depending on whether they are in-house or not and that a lot of the time it is not up to them to make the decision. I am mainly complaining about them not even taking the steps necessary to put you in front of the manager.

In general, are recruiters a bunch of morons?

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WR Officer

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There's little to no barrier to entry to become a recruiter, and the market is oversaturated to fuck so all they have to compete on is price. Recruitment services are and will continue to be a race to the bottom.

champchamp

Arsonist

3

Certified Savage

Nice assessment of the industry, I totally agree!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

9

🦊

Yes, many are obviously throwing spaghetti noods looking to see what sticks. There are great recruiters out there, just takes a few to weed through em. Don't lose hope.

Also, have you checked out the jobs tab?

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

I forgot the jobs tab existed as I completed it months ago but just updated imy profile now! Thank you, Queen. 👸

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

8

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Most recruiters have zero idea - they're just bad BDRs masquerading as recruiters. Sorry it's happening when you're actively looking. It's easier to make fun of the situation when you're not engaged in a job hunt.

champchamp

Arsonist

0

Certified Savage

Haha you are right, it was more fun when I was not actively looking lol

SaaSam

Politicker

6

Account Executive

Great recruiters are few and far between. The rest are as useful as tits on a boar.

jefe

Arsonist

2

🍁

Wow, I just said the same thing but bull, not boar, and then saw this immediately after.

TheNegotiator

Arsonist

2

VP of Sales

Sorry, that phrase is too Wyoming for me

SaaSam

Politicker

1

Account Executive

My wife says I talk like an old man. It's safe to assume anyone who grew up in Wyo sounds at least 50 years old.

champchamp

Arsonist

0

Certified Savage

Agreed. The ratio is probably 9-1 haha

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

3

Professional Day Ruiner

recruiting firms will hire literally anyone with a pulse and internet access. There are some awesome recruiters out there who do stellar work. There's also a lot of recruiters who are lazy so they do the bare minimum, or just plain bad at it. Similar to how when you buy a car you may have an awesome salesman, or someone who makes the process a nightmare. Both fields have similar qualifications for who they employ.

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

With the type of work they do they might as well not have a pulse, they'd be just as efficient haha jk. I agree there are a few that do a fantastic job and it is a pleasure to come across them.

jefe

Arsonist

3

🍁

As others are saying, good recruiters are great, but there's not a ton of those.

Far too many are as useless as tits on a bull, and it's definitely an oversaturated industry.

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

Haha I agree, it is always a pleasant surprise to come across a good one.

TheNegotiator

Arsonist

3

VP of Sales

Most are, yes. If they had skills and talent they’d be in sales.

They’re not, so that should tell you what you need to know.

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

Agreed. good point.

TennisandSales

Big Shot

2

Head Of Sales

you should for sure check out the jobs tab.

also remember recruiters are just sales ppl.......and there are a lot of bad sales ppl out there.

But i do believe recruiters can be a special breed of stupid.

Just be very direct with what you want and move on if they suck.

good luck!

champchamp

Arsonist

0

Certified Savage

True! The good ones are stigmatized because of the shitty ones haha.

Thank you, will keep looking and interviewing hard!

playerone

Politicker

2

Regional Account Executive

Yeah I find them annoying. Order takers most of them. The ones that actually know they are in sales do well though

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

Agree.

Pachacuti

Politicker

2

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Recruiters only care about themselves and who’s paying them. Keep that in mind and it’ll help as you deal with recruiters.

champchamp

Arsonist

1

Certified Savage

Will definitely keep it in mind. Stopped trusting any of them a while ago though haha

Pachacuti

Politicker

0

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

You can trust them to look out for themselves.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

1

Officer of ♥️

Recruiters are annoying, thats why you follow my guides to get straight to the hiring managers and sales directors.

champchamp

Arsonist

0

Certified Savage

Sweet sweet

UserNotFound

Politicker

1

Account Executive

Have never worked with a recruiter who I felt like did a good job, and had my best interest at heart.

The experience with the recruiter for my current role was probably the worst. Luckily for her I was desperate to get out of my old job… I can’t tell you how many times I had to coach her on what to tell the hiring manager. JFC I’m getting irritated just thinking about it.

champchamp

Arsonist

0

Certified Savage

Hahaha agree, irritated would perfectly describe how I feel when I speak to 90% of them

justatopproducer

Politicker

0

VP OF SALES -US

This.. great job and although I feel for you friend I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking it. Also, what are you looking for in hiring SDR/Bdr role right now and yes I want a quota smasher but please take that off your resume and LinkedIn

andrewwmillerr

Personal Narrative

0

AE

nothing like some guy from India telling me I'm a perfect fit for a Jr. AE role at some no-name company. Starting at 50K with OTE 66.....

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