Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
(OP)
OK. Here's the situation
I was contacted by a recruiter for a 6 month contract as a "packaging engineer", which is one of those positions that does not involve any engineering whatsoever. I really enjoy CAD design, but was still interested, as it payed very good, it's work that I could probably do well, and I had just been layed off. I did a phone innterview with the company and it went very well.
To make a long story short, I interviewed with a few other companies that same week, and took another position.
The recruiter called and said the company wanted to hire me. The recruiter was very angry that I took another job, and said it put him in a spot with the client. I told him it was just business, and that I decided I wanted to stay in design.
Well, after two weeks, the job didn't work out, and the recruiter (a very large one that lists many engineering and CAD positions) had a position listed I was interested in. When I called and explained the situation, he was pretty unprofessional and said he'd have a hard time referring me to anyone.
Could this be the first time this has happened? Does he expect everyone who interviews with someone to accept the job? Is it discriminatory?
I was contacted by a recruiter for a 6 month contract as a "packaging engineer", which is one of those positions that does not involve any engineering whatsoever. I really enjoy CAD design, but was still interested, as it payed very good, it's work that I could probably do well, and I had just been layed off. I did a phone innterview with the company and it went very well.
To make a long story short, I interviewed with a few other companies that same week, and took another position.
The recruiter called and said the company wanted to hire me. The recruiter was very angry that I took another job, and said it put him in a spot with the client. I told him it was just business, and that I decided I wanted to stay in design.
Well, after two weeks, the job didn't work out, and the recruiter (a very large one that lists many engineering and CAD positions) had a position listed I was interested in. When I called and explained the situation, he was pretty unprofessional and said he'd have a hard time referring me to anyone.
Could this be the first time this has happened? Does he expect everyone who interviews with someone to accept the job? Is it discriminatory?
David





RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
I've had my share of run-ins with unprofessional recruiters. They usually aren't worth the effort, as they are acting in their own self-interest: get warm body into soft seat for cold hard cash. One recruiter went so far as to schedule an interview for a job that I told him I didn't want!
There are recruiters out there who do a good job of matching people to jobs. Find them and stick to using them.
RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
I realize that they are just serving their own purpose, but think they'd understand.
David
RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
Cross the unprofessional ones off of your list, there are lots more to chose from.
I had one recruiter schedule an interview (at considerable expense to the company) and when I got there, the job was not even close to what I was told. I learned the lesson on that one to do a phone interview first, fortunately I was only out time, not personnal expense. I had another recruiter submit my resume to a company even though I told him I had already been referred to that company by another recruiter. Needless to say, I didn't get the job, and neither recruiter made any money. A great portion of that I chalk up to the client company not wanting to deal with the headaches of multiple recruiting companies.
Hopefully you can find good networking, whether through recruiters, coworkers, friends, etc., that will help you. If you do use a recruiter, spend a lot of time talking to them on the phone before you agree to let them act on your behalf.
RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
Bizarre behaviour.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Recruiter won't refer me because I turned down a job.
Someone like that is probably not long for the world of recruiting, so it's probably not cost-effective for you to maintain that particular relationship.
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