The biggest consequence I have noticed with this shift is the complete lack of tact and personal connection that comes from a recruiter who is tied to the process, and not merely following one.
That is, half of all the offers I receive start with: URGENT, SEND ME YOUR UPDATED (rewritten) RESUME, 3 REFS & PORTFOLIO THIS AFTERNOON! And end with a copy/pasted job description without any context for how or why I was pre-selected for the role. They are almost always very short-term contracts in places I am nowhere near, and for positions I am unqualified for, with no rate information. I know *why* I get these, but it's not necessarily true that every candidate can and will drop everything at a moment's notice for a 3 month contract IA project in Debuque, Iowa. I hesitate to complain, because people are just doing their jobs, and I might need to move to Iowa some day. But still, it's a little annoying. Bryan http://www.bryanminihan.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W Evans Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers? BTW: Has anyone noticed the BIG shift in the last 7 years of a whole crop of new "recruiters" following a new business model. In essence - they have taken the call center business model, extended it to recruiting and outsourced it to India. All the initial job board search/keyword matching and initial screening is done there (with US phone#, business address), and once the initial screening is done - candidates are passed along to client facing recruiters in based in the US. I have no idea if this is a long term trend, but with growth in real wages in call center places like Bangalore - I can't see this as sustainable, and it may move again to the Philippines. Just find it interesting - no point to this I guess. On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:16:09, dave malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .............. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
