What pisses you off the most about recruiters/hiring teams in companies?

Agree with all comments. Still searching.. and I'm in HR😅 not all of us HR are are like that. I keep a reminder within myself that we were and/or are at the other side of that table. Compassion is still real!! 😊

GPA question for non-entry level roles.

I once had a recruiter contact me and after a discovery call and another interview, they needed my references up front. I called some high level former managers who gave over the phone referrals and then answered several questions through email. The recruiter said my reviews were great, however they never sent my info to the company- I know because the company contacted me about a month later to ask if I wanted to interview for the role. I had a great role by then, so I declined. I wasted these busy managers time with referrals and emails and the recruiter never sent it along. I felt so bad.

I rarely get contacted for jobs I am not qualified to fill, I do, however, get several contacts a week for jobs way WAY below my paygrade. It's as if reading the resume at all is too much hassle to some folks. My resume dates back to the 80s, do you really think I want any kind of junior or entry level role? I've literally told a few recruiters that I'm offended that they would even approach me with such positions particularly since I'm not even looking. I also second the notion of understanding the resume. Javascript absolutely is not Java, C# is not the same as C++ and so on.

Read and comprehend our resumes before contacting us. If we're not qualified for a position don't waste our time or your business client's time by submitting us. We're not just numbers to meet a monthly quota, we're busy people looking for a real career. This has been a detail that has plagued me for years with recruiters, and because of this one specific point, I have refused to work with recruiters ever again.

A few tips from a software developer who wishes that recruiters who contact him understood his triggers better: 1. Don't Lie to me. 2. Don't try to manipulate me. 3. Don't act like a threat to me. 4. Don't try to force me to speak any language I don't offer to in advance first. How would you feel if I randomly called you up in a panic about a role you really want to fill and all I said on the phone was "An bhfuil tú in ann labhairt níos moille?"? 5. Don't assume people can actually hear your voice. Look up "cookie bite hearing loss". I honestly cant hear some peoples voices. I'm not being rude. I'm not ignoring you. I just cant physically hear you. 6. Don't try to pull a bait and switch because that's number 1, 2, and 3 by itself in addition to 7 below. 7. I must require that you follow the law if I am going to work with you in ALL cases, And I really do mean it, my D&D alignment chart on this is best described as Lawful Good. Be candid and upfront. I'm data driven. I consider a lack of candor to be both rude, unprofessional, and malicious act from an engineering perspective. If I can't trust you, we wont have a good experience. Most recruiters are too transactional to trust.

Not managing online job postings properly ie. Posting non legit job postings to source talent and then never taking them down. The fact that there are so many 4 month old+ online job postings across 7+ job boards is horrendous. Just think about all the people who apply to those jobs when it has already been filled months. Wasted hours, frustration, and complaints of not hearing back.... all tied 2 junk job postings online

With a big smile, "Oh you worked at Health Net? We have people who worked there here". They wouldn't hire me.

No ghosting, please. My mentor taught me everyone who applies gets at least a notification they weren’t selected for an interview. Everyone who interviews gets a personal call to let them know they weren’t selected. Especially if a candidate has interviewed and completed an assignment you gave them, they should receive SOME type of communication, not radio silence.