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I've got a crazy idea: we should start evaluating recruiters. I once had a very experienced recruiter get upset and pushy when I told her I was a bad fit for a job and I didn't want to apply. After some back and forth I realized that the source of confusion was that she didn't understand the difference between Java and JavaScript. Weeding out incompetent recruiters would help the whole process.

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I had one recruiter call me up and try to sell me on a job in a certain technology. Then as the call ended the recruiter asked me what the technology was and what it did. If you had little credibility before it's definitely gone now.

This sounds like a great business opportunity BTW. I would love to get the real deal on some of these recruiters.

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