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It isn't a commission issue. I have seen the person removed by the company, not the recruiter, because they are annoyed that the person is being submitted more than once.
That's just sad. The person loses out on a chance through no fault of their own. That stinks.
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Originally Posted by thebunny
They have a data base they are calling from and can get into HUGE trouble if they divulge the company if they are not able to...
Luckily, the recruiters I've worked with have all been able to divulge the company's name, so that I can stop them if I've already been submitted. And if they don't? I could let my name go forward and be in danger of being double submitted and be removed.
This has been a very enlightening thread, to say the least!
In all of my years of professional employment, I have worked at 8 different companies total. In those 8 positions, only one was sourced by a recruiter and that particular position did not last long (wrong fit from a technical skills and company culture perspective).
Of the remaining 7 positions, (4 out of 7) were sourced from my network (folks that I knew that referred me directly to the hiring manager). The remaining 3 positions, I applied through their website, or sent in a letter & resume to their HR Department, got an interview and got hired.
Recruiters have not been all that successful for me. I did get a few good leads and interviews from them though, but so far, only one landed in an offer.
Bottom line, from my experiences, during these times, internal referrals are usually the fastest way to get an interview and an offer.
The real reason they hold back? They deal with, on average, 40 job orders at a time. They have a data base they are calling from and can get into HUGE trouble if they divulge the company if they are not able to, so they are in the habit of saying "A company in Philadelphia" and when you express interest, the first thing they do is check what they are and are not able to divulge. There are to omany jobs on given day to remember and as divulging the details of a listing you are not to divulge is a firing offense, they always double check. And that's the real answer.
They want to be sure you won't go around them and contact the company directly. You can build trust by requesting the recruiter send you an email with the details and promising you will follow-up with a confirmation of that email.
Going around them doesn't usually work for the job seeker. Recruiters who work specifically with a company or position often submit the names of the people they are working with, to avoid the issue.
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