I have dealt with many recruiters over the past few years. One of my favorite sayings is this:
“Oh, don’t worry…no matter what the (company/client) decides I’ll be sure to let you know if your still in the running for the job.”
Seriously, stop that bullshit line.
There are so very few that actually do this…and for that they really should be reward.
But for the 90% that don’t…please return an email or phone call and let candidates know the truth.
In my quest for the perfect job, I must have applied to numerous jobs on CareerBuilder.com. Now I don’t claim to be an expert, nor do I claim to understand how their technology works. But at this point in my job hunt. I am ignoring all opportunities that require me to apply to a job on the CareerBuilder site.
My biggest gripe with them is every hiring manager that I get connected with (and its been a few) have always asked me to re-send my resume. Why the hello do I have to resend it? Apparently CareerBuilder does something funky on their end that jumbles it up and the hiring manager needs me to send a better version.
Knowing that I am amazed that I actually get responses from CareerBuilder postings. There are a few other sites like this, but for some reason, @careerbuilder has been the culprit more than once.
But I want to give CareerBuilder the benefit of the doubt. Has anyone else had a similar experience with CareerBuilder? If so, would love to hear about your experience as well. Am I way off base? Let me know. Would love to hear from you.
PS – CareerBuilder has no problem emailing everyday telling me “XXX company MAY be interested in you”…and the jobs are not even in my industry…so yeah. They have that going for them.
Adventures in Job Searching 