Dear Prospective Recruiter Looking To Represent Me;
Thank you for considering me for your client’s needs at this time for an experienced ColdFusion Developer. I am happy to know that you were able to find my resume easily on one of the few job boards I tend to post my resume. [Dice.com & Monster.com] I appreciate you using the contact information I made available to get in touch with me to inform me of your client’s current needs. It lets me know that the Internet is doing it’s job helping me to stay employed and my career stable.
Please allow me to take this time now to explain to you what I do not appreciate. I do not appreciate the fact that you did not take the time to read my resume that was posted. The reason I know you didn’t read it is because you have contacted me about a .Net position with your client, or a SQL DBA position available or even better an Inside Sales position with a new marketing company. None of these positions are mentioned in my resume, nor am I even qualified in the lest to fill these positions. Next I don’t appreciate the way you have called my phone multiple times with in a few hours on a work day. One call with a voice mail will do, maybe an email along with the call but no more. You see just like you are at work, so am I. Maybe I am in a meeting, maybe I am in the middle of trying to solve a complex bug in code, maybe just maybe I am trying very hard to conceal the fact that I am looking for a new position from my current employer. In any case, if I am interested I will call you back so there is no need to call me several times in the same day. Next I really don’t appreciate getting multiple calls from the same recruiting firm from different recruiters offering me the same position. It makes it look like your firm is highly disorganized or worst, highly cut throat between the staff. In either case I wouldn’t allow you to be my representative because I feel you wouldn’t have my best interest at heart. Lastly I really don’t appreciate you calling me and you have an extremely heavy accent. This is directed at you Mr & Ms Recruiter from India. Here’s the deal, if I can’t understand you enough to comprehend what the position is, how can I trust you will be able to communicate to the client what benefit I will be to the company? Even more so, how can I trust that your communication skills won’t be the barrier that causes me not to get the job because the hiring manager decided you are to difficult to understand?
So in closing lets review. Read the resume of the candidate you are contacting and know what career path they follow. One phone call with accompanying email and/or voicemail in a 24 hour period is enough. Work with your fellow recruiters or at the very least give the impression that you are well organized. Lastly, if you have an accent get some speech lessons. If you follow these simple but important pointers I can assure you candidates will be more willing to work with you and your clients will get their much needed resources. Which in turns means more money in your pocket at the end of the day.
Sincerely,
Highly Irritated ColdFusion Developer
