Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?
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Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?I seem to be bombarded with recruitment adverts to be a recruitment consultant. I feel that recruitment is just a shyam industry based on bull**** and lies. All these ridiculous claims of like 50k OTE at the expense of selling your soul and morals where often people earn nowhere near that. I know a lot of people just get in and out of it cos its a **** industry to work in. Recruiters just waste your time when they call you and you never hear a peep frmo them again. They all sound the same, say the same things and are generally full of ****. What do you think?
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?Yeah... But it's here to stay because employers like to outsource as much as possible... Including a lot of the recruitment process.
As employers in their own right they churn staff and won't pay to keep hold of people who know what they're talking about. -
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?Yeh but a lot of the big names don't need to outsource, they let the candidated come to them, its a bit of a dossy industry to me(Original post by Joinedup)
Yeah... But it's here to stay because employers like to outsource as much as possible... Including a lot of the recruitment process.
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?Don't get me wrong, I've worked with a number of people in the recruitment industry and the vast majority of them are wonderful people. It's a whole other kettle of fish with these 'recruitment consultant' jobs though.(Original post by ArsLongaVitaBrevis)
I did some work experience at a big recruitment firm - all the people were lovely! -
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?and your point is......? Doesn't mean they're not bull****ters(Original post by ArsLongaVitaBrevis)
I did some work experience at a big recruitment firm - all the people were lovely! -
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?I have a 'mate' that works for a recruitment firm. He has been a bull****ter for as long as I have known him from secondary school. I always knew he would end up in recruitment, it's made for people like that.
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?Perhaps I should elaborate on my idea of the adjective 'lovely'.(Original post by newts2k)
and your point is......? Doesn't mean they're not bull****ters
They were all friendly, genuinely caring and straightforward people.
They had built up good relationships with the clients I heard/saw them dealing with, and worked extremely hard to recruit all the people they needed.Last edited by ArsLongaVitaBrevis; 22-05-2012 at 19:31. -
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?Depends on the firm, how good you are at it, etc. Top executive head-hunter could be on 6 figures relatively soon in career if work hard, but they are obviously not the standard. It is an industry where all rewards are what you make of it and so can work both ways. Once in recruitment for a long time though it is difficult to do anything else. People only 'look down' on them because it is not skilled in the way of adding value to a company, but acting as a middle-man. But who cares, it is whether you enjoy it and are earning from it!
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Re: Is recruitment a 'bottom of the barrel industry'......?lol, too right, is he earning quite a lot? Never trust a word they say(Original post by original_username)
I have a 'mate' that works for a recruitment firm. He has been a bull****ter for as long as I have known him from secondary school. I always knew he would end up in recruitment, it's made for people like that.
