I forward job emails to my friends if I think its' a good job, regardless of the fee. That's a very low percentage of headhunting letters I get, but I'm far more interested in giving my friends relevant info than spamming them in the hopes of getting 5%---the fact that the (rare) offer of compensation is small actually helps me. As a result, I know that my friends will forward good jobs to me.
It would be nice if the world worked the way that this author wishes it would, but a headhunter would rather cruise LinkedIn than negotiate a fee separately with every person who might know somebody who knows somebody. If you don't like the terms of this recruiter's offer, don't forward it.
I used to do that, too. Now, I realize, if the recruiter is hitting me up for, say, a vmware admin position, the recruiter probably can't tell the difference between a high quality candidate and a low-quality candidate, and is someone who is not worth doing business with. The spam belongs in the spam bucket, not my friend's inbox.
As far as I can tell, most of those recruiters are just building up a list of resumes. even if you respond with relevant resumes, the hit rate is no better than what you'd get responding to ads on dice or craigslist.
Sure, sometimes recruiters take the time to actually figure out who or what I am and send me appropriate jobs. And in those cases, if I'm busy, sure, I'll pass it on to people I know who are able to do the job. But those are extremely rare.
Is there a way I can just put myself directly onto this list? I've gotten sick of recruiters calling my desk phone, emailing my work account, emailing my gmail, then sending me a LinkedIn request, all within 10 minutes.
Who are you talking to and where are you finding them? They must be coming from offshore because no self-respecting recruiter in the US would go that low or be allowed to go that low if they were working for an agency.
On second thought, what a brilliant way to reward bad recruiters - by by taxing them for helping you waste your own time and simultaneously testing good will of people in your network. Save yourself the time and use your spam filter on bad recruiters. Not good enough? Change your email address, stop posting your resume on job boards, and stop talking to bad staffing agencies. Better yet, save yourself the time and get to know a handful of good recruiters and then forget about all the bad ones. Only let good ones through.
I used to get spammed to hell by recruiters until I:
1. Requested the removal of my details from their database.
2. Threatened to report them to the REC (UK-based recruitment organisation).
3. Threatened legal action, quoting relevant EU directives.
4. Named and shamed them on a blog post (or two).
5. Requested an apology from their managing director.
Seemed to work a treat.
One 'sorry' recruiter admitted that they generated an 'email blast' based on a keyboard search which was taken from data scraped from JobSite (or other similar job website) 1-2 years ago.
Unfortunately the company I work for dictates how much of the fee goes into my pocket, so heres the deal: I'll give you 5% of my own commission if the candidate you recommend gets the job.
Lets say for arguments sake that the salary is £50k and our fee is 25%.
Start charging recruiters fee just for sending in your resume I would say or your friend's resume, coz they are making money just passing out qualified resumes to the company!
I thought to post this because I read it a few days ago and tried it on recruiter spam last night. After he checked that I was a dev and not a recruiter he said it had never happened before and that the $500 Visa gift card he offered was "a little bonus as 'a thank you'." Sure, guy, let me just do half your job for 'a little bonus'.
Seeing that Apple takes 30% of the cuts, 5% seems to be a reasonable amount. However, if anyone reply you with this kind of demands, you won't entertain any demands from that guy without 5% cut on anything ever in the future.
There is a blur line between friends and business partners and things like that make this line crystal clear.
I would have 1 page Legal Document saying "You agree to pay such and and such a 5%fee of the referred person's annual salary etc..." and make them accept that before you email the referral
This makes sense as to why a lot of recruiters don't tell you who the company is in the email (for ones that they are not the sole recruiter on) because they don't want you to apply directly and lose out on their 15% cut. However, 2 minutes of googling and you can usually find the same job posting on dice or monster with the company name on it.
It would be nice if the world worked the way that this author wishes it would, but a headhunter would rather cruise LinkedIn than negotiate a fee separately with every person who might know somebody who knows somebody. If you don't like the terms of this recruiter's offer, don't forward it.