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briandon
on Nov 5, 2010
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Tell HN: Tech Recruiters have no clue
Her insistence on getting managers for references makes me wonder whether she wasn't mining you for new prospective customers (on the employer side).
hcho
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She definetely was. It's the oldest trick in the book of recruitment. She first got herself 2 UK CVs and went for more.
There was probably no job, and she was doing "market research".
gjm11
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Therefore, TamDenholm should get back to those people and warn them that this recruiter is not likely to do a good job for them.
yakisoft
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That is exactly why she was asking for references and why you shouldn't give them to a recruiter, only to the employer.
praptak
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This is probable. If I ever give a reference to a recruiter, I will also warn the reference of this possibility, so as to make it harder for the recruiter to pull this trick.
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