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I have communicated with a couple of non-foreign recruiters from large, influential corporations over the last few days, and am amazed at the poor grammar.
Do things like no commas in a greeting/closing statement, misspelled words, etc, give you pause when interviewing?
Not unless I'm going to work for that recruiter. Recruiters are often not employees of the hiring company. They're just mercenaries hired to bring the best people to the table.
Not unless I'm going to work for that recruiter. Recruiters are often not employees of the hiring company. They're just mercenaries hired to bring the best people to the table.
These appear to be internal recruiters/HR folks. They are not a staffing or recruiting firm, as far as I can tell.
These appear to be internal recruiters/HR folks. They are not a staffing or recruiting firm, as far as I can tell.
Meh, it would annoy me, but recruiters are typically only involved in the initial process, so I wouldn't let them influence my perception of the company or the role, unless as someone already mentioned they will be your colleague.
I've had recruiters spell my name incorrectly multiple times even though it's right there on my resume and email address. They want me to be detailed and then aren't detailed themselves.
It bugs me but they have the jobs I sometimes want, so... I don't get too miffed by it. Everyone makes mistakes when typing, and they're shooting off maybe 20 emails, at the very least, every hour/half hour. I've made plenty of spelling/grammar mistakes, all because I typed faster than my mind could really keep up with, I've pressed multiple keys, etc.
I have communicated with a couple of non-foreign recruiters from large, influential corporations over the last few days, and am amazed at the poor grammar.
Do things like no commas in a greeting/closing statement, misspelled words, etc, give you pause when interviewing?
Yes because it is a poor representation of the company's professionalism, IMO. If I sent several e-mails containing careless editing and misspelled words, I'm sure the prospective employer would be cautiously skeptical of my abilities as well.
These appear to be internal recruiters/HR folks. They are not a staffing or recruiting firm, as far as I can tell.
It goes both ways. We have internal recruiters as well, but they aren't actually our employees. We've contracted with the agency, and these people office in our building and have corporate emails, but they aren't our people.
Either way, they're just a stepping stone to get you where you want to go. Now, if the person I was interviewing with was making all sorts of errors consistently, that would bother me on some level.
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