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[gaspode]

OK - So no BBQ this weekend for assorted reasons ....

Is it me or are IT recruitment agencies all crap ?

Even ones who were good years ago seem to have reached new levels of crapness.

What happened to getting to know candidates and proper job profiling ?

It seems job apps have turned into a cv throwing free for all ...

Sigh ...

Comments

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

> are IT recruitment agencies all crap ?

Not all. But such a small minority are ok that it is hard to find them.

Very few agents care to learn anything about the skills they are supplying so they cant get to know candidates or do proper job profiling.

If you have any business ideas that you are keen to work on - I am all ears.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

btw it is only meaningful to grade *agents*. All agencies will have crap agents in them and it is best to find the good agents wherever they may be.

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

Good agents move around a lot. The good ones are pretty good when it comes to getting new jobs.

But a lot of them are rubish. I keep getting asked about my exsperience in things that companies want that are really not at all hard to learn, like stl, or XML. There's not a lot to XML. That's the whole point of it!

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

They are indeed crap, for the most part. They'll submit anyone, for anything, even if it's precisely what you've said you don't want.