The relationship between a recruiter and someone looking for a new opportunity is abusive and sick.
A recruiter calls you—woos you. Plays up some manure trading company in Iowa as the next big thing. Makes you feel special, like this manure company NEEDS a skill set like yours. They are growing like crazy and don’t know how they have managed all these years without you. You have everything they want and need, you tick all the boxes! YOU! The smartest, most capable person they know. You are EXACTLY what the client is looking for!! Then yay! The client wants to see you, so you pretty up, brush up on a company you could care less about, so you can present yourself to be scrutinized. Then for whatever reason the client passes and you become contagious—a smelly, oozing leper. Your emails and calls go unanswered and you never hear from that recruiter again. Of course until the next BIG THING! More like until they need to renovate their kitchen and need an influx of cash. Recruiters out there? Fuck you!
