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Originally Posted by InglewoodFan
I've been contract for a few years, and lucky enough to be maintaining a decent workload. But things have slowed down lately, so I've been doing a bit of job hunting. I've had an unsolicited recruiter reach out to me for a position, and the experience is kinda driving me nuts.
There is apparently no written job description. To me this makes it tough to judge if I am right for the position and prepare my resume etc.
Long questionnaire with questions like "what other jobs have you applied for? and "what other recruiters are you working with?" Not sure what business it is of theirs what other opportunities I am chasing.
Is this all fairly par for the course with recruiters or did I just get an odd one?
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Um I've been in recruiting, this strikes me as really suspicious at the least, and very unprofessional. A recruiter shouldn't be driving a questionaire like that without a job description. He's either data collecting for his database, or he's going through jobs that he isn't assigned to fill and promoting candidates without their approval.
I would ask some serious questions before I proceed, and say that you won't do anything without an understanding of the specific role description to make sure that you're interested.
This is your reputation if you have someone that's throwing out your name.
A couple of things
A recruiter working on a specific job will absolutely have a written job description.
Do you recognize the name of the firm that the recruiter is working for? Does he or she have a linkedin profile that you can examine.
By the way, the answers to the questions. Are you working with other recruiters "None of your business" What other jobs have you applied for "None of your business, what's the hiring timeline of the opportunity your presenting?"
My nose is tingling with your situation.