> If we tell you the name of the company straight off the bat, the next recruiter will ask you some sneaky questions and get the details of the role under the guise of trying to find out where you are in the process of looking for a job. This works more times than you can believe.
Can you rephrase this? I don't understand what you're trying to say.
He means that all the recruiters are in competition with each other, sometimes even at the same recruitment company.
As a result, they will all back-stab each other in order to make their money... which comes from a surtax on your new employer, and thus reduces your bargaining position.
In the other direction, I've had the same person represented to me by multiple recruiters a few times. In all cases, the actual person was not at fault.
This. I live in a relatively small city, so I frequently see 3-4 different firms ping me on the same job. I'm the kind of person who feels guilty not sending a frendly no thanks. Usually by the 3rd or 4th recruiter on a gig, I'm able to respond with 'Oh, this is the <company name here> gig. Thanks, but it isn't a good fit for me.'
So one part of a recruiters job is to find jobs to work in companies - companies don't just give you these you have to go and find them its a sales job. I mean you can see which companies are advertising on job boards and then call in and try and get the job on but 20 other recruiters have already done that, and most jobs aren't even advertised.
The easy thing to do is to call to get leads of candidates you are calling:
"oh you worked for IBM, great company, I work with John Smith did you work with him?"
"No i work with Jane Doe"
"Where are you interviewing at the moment?"
"Facebook, Google, etc"
"oh I'm working the Facebook role did you meet with Jim?
"no i interviewed with Sam"
"was that through a recruitment agency or direct"
"agency"
(This last question is great news because it means that the company are open to using agencies and not just looking direct on job boards)
The list goes on, most people are clued up but we do this day in day out we are tricky with our questions and most people will eventually 'bleed' as we say
It's other recruiters fishing for the names of companies that are hiring. And with that information they will call the company and try to get in on the game.
The questions are usually along the lines of, "I'd hate to be putting you forward to a company you're already communicating with, can you name them all for me please?". Although perhaps a little less blatant.
Can you rephrase this? I don't understand what you're trying to say.