On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:03:50 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 04/08/2012 10:23 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> Recruiters generally won't be angry about having their time wasted by
>> unqualified candidates.  They get paid to properly identify the
>> qualified and unqualified candidates.  So being a bad fit isn't your
>> problem to solve.  It's their job to make that determination.
> 
> I was on the phone to one recruiter, and she kept asking me "Are you
> serious? Are you messing me around?" And after a few minutes, she told
> me "You're not for real. You're wasting my time." And then she just hung
> up on me. I've never had that before...

There are jerks in all lines of work.  Don't take one or two or 10 
recruiters being assholes to mean that none of them want to talk to 
people to see if they're qualified.

Maybe she was having a bad day.  Maybe her dog had just been hit by a 
car.  Who knows?

Don't give up.

Jim

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