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June 26, 2006
The Other Women
For the last month or so, our lives have been invaded by a peculiar people group: the IT Recruiter. The IT Recruiter works for a consulting firm, trawling the internet to find candidates to fill their client needs. The IT Recruiter is generally a twenty or thirty-something female. She does not have a degree in computer science, but she can wing the technical speak. She tends to fixate on the more minute aspects of position listings. If, for example, there is a job that lists "1.5 years" as the minimum experience needed, she will flatly disregard it; Noel has 2 years of experience. She is cordial, but lacks any sense of humor. She will talk to you for three days straight, then leave you hanging for a week without communication. She promises big jobs and big raises.
Within a week of posting Noel's resume on monster.com and Yahoo HotJobs, I was juggling phone calls and answering e-mails from a half dozen IT recruiters. I would meet Noel for lunch, clutching a post-it note with names like Erica, Vanessa, and Lisa scribbled on it. "Abby called," I would tell him, "and you need to call her back right away. Lonnie wants to know if you know ASP.net, so you should call her too." At times I felt like a pagan queen orchestrating harem visits. "You need to call Erin tonight and then, if you're not too tired, Vanessa should get an e-mail." To the credit of this people group, one lady did get Noel an interview with a St. Louis firm. On the other hand, several other recruiters, for all their aggressive talk, simply faded away. But I diligently took message and ghost wrote e-mails, waiting for these ladies to deliver.
But no more. Oh no. Now, to IT Recruiters, I say:
Oh yes. IT Recruiters had nothing to do with the fabulous position Noel just landed with Northrup Grumman. That was all me. (Well, okay, his experience, credentials, and good interviewing skills played a role too).
And so, fluttering gaggle of IT recruiters, we bid you farewell. You'll be getting a "Dear John" letter from me soon.
Carefully Dramatized Life Accounts | By elissa | 12:07 PM
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When did IT Recruiters "go female"? What a concept! In all my years of dealing with headhunters, I don't think I've *ever* had a female headhunter! When did this start? Wow... what I've been missing.
Have fun in WashU-land!
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RDS
Posted by: Randy D. Smith at July 11, 2006 05:04 PM
Perhaps this is the industry's new, clever way of finding wives for their more socially awkward sector?
Posted by: elissa at July 14, 2006 04:30 PM
