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Clueless Recruiters, Issue #7
• February 26, 2016 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
Pure, unadulterated incompetence in this week’s episode of Clueless Recruiters! (Cue theme music!) Explanation There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has made a bad name for the rest of their industry by relentlessly spamming technical professionals after having […]
Clueless Recruiters, Issue #6
• September 19, 2012 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
What does Ryan do when the same recruiter keeps pinging him over and over despite all efforts to get removed from a recruiter’s mailing list? Find out in this week’s episode of Clueless Recruiters! (Cue theme music!) Explanation There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large […]
Clueless Recruiters, Issue #5
• September 19, 2012 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
What do Lawyers, Evil Dictators and this week’s Clueless Recruiter have in common? A complete lack of human decency. All in this week’s episode of Clueless Recruiters! (Cue theme music!) Explanation There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has […]
Clueless Recruiters, Issue #4
• March 20, 2012 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
Do I look like a cow? It’s the hair, isn’t it? I need a haircut. — all in this week’s issue of Clueless Recruiters. (Cue theme music!) There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has made a bad name […]
Clueless Recruiters, Issue #3
• January 12, 2012 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
How to prove that you are quite possibly the worst scum of the universe — all in this week’s issue of Clueless Recruiters. (Cue theme music!) There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has made a bad name for […]
Clueless Recruiters, Issue #2
• November 14, 2011 • Clueless Recruiters • No comments
A web designer, online portfolio, XHTML, HTML 5, CSS 3, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, ASP, JavaScript and SQL Server — all in this week’s issue of Clueless Recruiters. (Cue theme music!) There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has […]
How to make technical professionals not hate your guts: A guide for technical recruiters
• November 5, 2011 • Clueless Recruiters • 7 comments
I’ve been accused of not knowing how to do a Technical Recruiter’s job, so I have no business telling them how to do it. That’s a fair assertion. What I do know, however, are all of the things that Technical Recruiters do that drive me absolutely crazy. Not all recruiters do these things so I […]
Clueless Recruiters
• October 26, 2011 • Clueless Recruiters • 5 comments
Inspired by Daring Fireball’s Jackass of the Week columns, I’ve decided to do something similar for clueless technical recruiters who contact me for jobs that are clearly a terrible fit. There are few things that technical people are more annoyed by than technical recruiters. A very large segment of the technical recruiting industry has made […]
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