The first call is a delivery. The voice on the line is pleasant, a little bored, reading from a script it has read four hundred times. Somewhere behind it, a needle finds the vein before either party notices. The voice describes a position. A reporting line. A number with a comfortable quantity of zeros in…
Tag: Recruiters
Ask For What You Want
The best lesson for job discussions I ever got was from a prank phone call. The core advice is to simply ask for what you want rather than complying with established norms or accepting something you don’t want. Changing jobs is not a time to compromise and begin a new undertaking that focuses on what…
Aggressive With Recruiters
Recruiters are like bargain hunters trying to take advantage of senior citizens at a yard sale with mispriced offerings. The recruiter recognizes market value but wants it cheap, knowing they pocket the difference when they know someone else will pay dearly to have value in their service. They betray their scheme in the first conversation,…