tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post8242006693504329537..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Bleg: good recruiters? Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-66130092038976241402014-05-18T21:46:48.987-04:002014-05-18T21:46:48.987-04:00I've never met a recruiter who had the slighte...I've never met a recruiter who had the slightest idea about the field he was hiring for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-49586371595533441232014-05-16T09:52:38.057-04:002014-05-16T09:52:38.057-04:00A recruiter once contacted me via linkedin to set-...A recruiter once contacted me via linkedin to set-up a time when we could talk on the phone. I gave her a time. When the time came for the call I happened to be driving. I mentioned that I was driving when she called. She responded "So am I."Concrete Dovetailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-377077390930866162014-05-15T17:00:20.886-04:002014-05-15T17:00:20.886-04:00I cannot tell you how many phone calls I have gott...I cannot tell you how many phone calls I have gotten over the past year from financial institutions. Also, recruiters setting up a time to call me regarding a job, only to find out that what they really wanted me to do was join their job-search site.BobChemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-28425992732417086012014-05-15T12:46:45.577-04:002014-05-15T12:46:45.577-04:00A recruiting outfit would need to hire someone who...A recruiting outfit would need to hire someone who knows something about chemistry, which is a more expensive proposition than the regular schlubs they hire. And the salaries for chem jobs are generally sucky, so they get diddly squat for hiring this chem-literate person to make phone calls.<br /><br />It's an indication of our economic status more than anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-70874033201699261402014-05-15T12:35:56.033-04:002014-05-15T12:35:56.033-04:00They are all worthless wastes of space. As useles...They are all worthless wastes of space. As useless to job seekers as to those trying to fill a position. Infuriates me that they exist.biotechtoreadornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-34715340233225582442014-05-15T12:08:36.173-04:002014-05-15T12:08:36.173-04:00I recently had one of those experiences, where I a...I recently had one of those experiences, where I actually sharply commented back to the recruiter, basically saying "you realize that this is quite outside of my specialization, right?" <br /><br />He did not respond favorably. Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-30456786563062171622014-05-15T12:07:02.876-04:002014-05-15T12:07:02.876-04:00Prior to LinkedIn, I had no idea that recruiters w...Prior to LinkedIn, I had no idea that recruiters were so terrible. About once every 4-6 months, I'll now get a new recruiter contacting me about job opportunities. I'm a surface scientist. I've had recruiters send me postings in process engineering and marine biology and some that have required a high school diploma. Not exactly the definition of targeted advertising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-5826278748840272622014-05-15T09:05:36.267-04:002014-05-15T09:05:36.267-04:00They're few and far between. I'm sick of ...They're few and far between. I'm sick of wasting my time answering phone calls from some 22-year-old recent liberal arts graduate who has no idea what any of the technical terms in the job description mean and is relying strictly on keyword matches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com