https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:05:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-598529 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:34:39 +0000 T.H.O.U. 598529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck that's really tough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-598430 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:53:46 +0000 mrs. bird 598430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no advice, but i'll keep my fingers crossed for you! =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-598382 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:31:20 +0000 MrsH 598382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seems like you should be able to o forward with the recruiter of your how've without having to be withdrawn all together and having to be resubmitted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-597792 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:31:42 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 597792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you call the 2nd one and let them know you are on the short list.. and see if they can contact the company and keep you on it..? Gah sorry that's a tough situation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-597783 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:27:17 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 597783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, this happened to Mr. Jacks recently. He was kicking himself for going with the first recruiter when he could have negotiated a much better deal with the second. Ultimately, he stuck with the first and the firm liked him so much that they forwent the contract to hire and hired him straight out, so it all worked out ok.</p> <p>So one thing I've learned is that if you have a recruiter you really like (the second one had placed Mr. Jacks before), call them before committing to the first recruiter to see if they have the same placement opportunity. </p> <p>I know it doesn't help in the near term, but it was something I learned about your industry through all this! I guess I'd just roll with the first recruiter at this point, but I don't really know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-some-jobrecruiting-thoughts#post-597679 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:18 +0000 ShootingStar 597679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apologies, this is long.</p> <p>I was laid off back in October and have been trying to get a new job, without much luck. I often get calls from recruiters for jobs, who do the searching for candidates for employers. The employers decide who interview, and the recruiter would eventually do the salary negotiation.</p> <p>I got contacted by a recruiting firm yesterday for a job at a financial firm that looks fantastic. It's right in my skill set, an acceptable commute, and pays amazing (almost 2x what I was making before). But the communication with the recruiter was AWFUL. His native language was not English, but that's usually isn't a problem for me as I work in the software industry where that's pretty much standard. It was extremely difficult to communicate, as he didn't seem to understand my answers. One of the miscommunications had to do with the pay rate I was looking for - I told him twice I was happy with the range in the description, but I found out later he passed on that I wanted the top of the range. He never told me that the job was contract to permanent, which is extremely important to know. Later another recruiter from his firm called and asked me a bunch of questions, half of them repeating what I already told the first guy. She also asked if I would consider the bottom of the pay range since I didn't have expertise in the financial industry.</p> <p>So this afternoon another recruiting firm calls about the exact same job, and I told him I wished he had called first. He was a lot easier to communicate with, wanted to advocate for me to be at the top TOP of the pay range, and he was the one that informed me that it had the possibility of being permanent. He called me back later and said he talked to the company and could represent me if I told the other recruiter to withdraw my application.</p> <p>So I emailed the first recruiter and said I'd like to be withdrawn. They called me back and and insisted I should just let them run with it since I was "already on the short list" meaning the hiring manager already had my resume.</p> <p>If you've gotten all the way this far, basically I'm not sure if I should just go with the first one even though they didn't seem super competent, or if I should go through with having them withdraw my stuff, and have the 2nd recruiter handle it. Ugh, I HATE looking for a job. </p>