Beware unscrupulous recruiters
Recently, I have had several candidates tell me that their resumes have been submitted widely without their permission. These candidates have been disappointed and embarrassed that this has occurred. For this reason (and for many others that I won’t go into here), I believe it is very important to choose wisely when selecting a recruiter.
When you are introducing yourself to a recruiter and you send the initial version of your resume, make sure that the recruiter understands that, at this point, they are receiving the resume for informational purposes only. A pdf copy of your resume that indicates on the face of the resume that it “not approved for submission” can be especially helpful at an introductory stage with a recruiter.
When selecting a recruiter, it’s important to have a certain level of rapport and trust. Do you feel that the person you are talking with understands the market and has a good sense of how to represent your best interests? If so, this person might be a potential fit for your needs as a candidate.
And unless my candidates prefer that I submit them widely, I usually give candidates a finite list of where I am sending their resume and have them approve each and every submission.
If there is any level of uncertainty about where a recruiter may be sending your resume, make sure they understand that you must expressly authorize every submission.
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Lisa on February 16th, 2011
Great article and very important. Another thing I have found to be unscrupulous is recruiters telling me after I send them my resume that they have called their “contacts” at the firms I have at and I check out well. I was absolutely shocked by that. Because of that I have refrained from sending any recruiter a list of my references. Do you have any thoughts on that? One recruiter justified it by telling me that she would never sell any candidate to one of her law firm contacts unless she had first checked out that candidate herself. Needless to say I am not working with her anymore. The problem with the longterm unemployed is that desperation starts to set in and results in using less discretion about who they are dealing with figuring nothing can hurt them at that point of desperation. Also, they typically are losing their homes, cars, etc. and do not have any money to pay fees charged by the more reputable recruiters for access to databases. It’s a touch world out there with no end in sight for those who did not go to a top tier law school, did not go to a top tier law firm, and have been out many years without a book of business. There are too many people out there with most of those credentials that they are competing against, so again the approach of just throwing out darts and hoping something will hit has become the norm. In the old days there was much more scrutiny in selecting recruiters and recruiters would never charge candidates fees. It’s a whole new world out there! Again, great article, but I thought I’d give you a shout out from the perspective of the candidates out there.
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