Much time has passed, and the guilty are probably not reading this blog any more, so I figured I’d go ahead and post this one without fear of upsetting them…<\/p>\n
Adam’s Hints to Recruitment Agents #72:<\/p>\n
\n“if you need an expert, urgently (e.g. within 1 week) … there are some questions you should be answering up front, such as “what’s the budget?””\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Email 1:<\/h4>\n
\nMe: Where in London, and what’s the budget? Any skills in particular?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Email 2:<\/h4>\n
\nRecruiter: Tottenham Court Road, no skills specified\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(ignores the “budget” question)<\/p>\n
Email 3:<\/h4>\n
\nMe: OK, location is good. Since you didn’t answer the budget question, standard rate is X.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Email 4:<\/h4>\n
\nRecruiter, less than 3 hours before close of business the day before due to start contract: “Ah that’s way over budget so this is a non-starter I’m afraid, thanks anyway.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Many recruiters I’ve met would say “I don’t want to bother the client with unimportant questions”, but if you’re hiring a contractor at short notice and high cost, IMHO there’s no such thing as an “unimportant” question.<\/p>\n
And, of course, if they’d bothered to do this stuff up-front … given I administer a non-profit network of 200 mobile developers (including many freelancers) … they just missed out on the chance for me to recommend them people within their budget range. Stupid, stupid, stupid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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