Recruiting and Sourcing Secrets: Recent Comments

Comment on Bounty Jobs

Josie Erent — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:45:45 GMT

Will not recommend Bounty Jobs....I earned a fee and got the runaround from their stupid Accounting Department that owed me money.....Can't explain their tax forms....Now they have clients...who do not want to publish their names...Is this ethical..? As a recruiter, I have rights to know what company has the jobs....so that I can decide to work for that company or not...I do not want to waste my valuable time....competiting for a job with an unethical company I do not wish to work for... DO NOT USE BOUNTY JOBS....WASTE TO TIME....The companies that use that site not serious about hiring your candidates.

Comment on Bounty Jobs

Armed Jobbery — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:48:34 GMT

I read the above comments and decided to try Bounty Jobs out for myself. After all, I am a staffing professional with a team of highly trained recruiters, and if BJ offers even one new opportunity to place a candidate, I owed it to myself to check it out.

I AM COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED. Let me first say that nothing was unethical, and I didn't get ripped off for money/candidates per se. Instead, I wasted a lot of time/aggravation/effort working on 'fake' positions.

I engaged over a four month period on four separate jobs with four distinct employers. Let's call them jobs A, B, C, and D. Job D was overly specific and after researching my candidate pool I didn't feel I could provide what they were looking for at the pay they were looking for -- I didn't send resumes so we can count that one out. That leaves us with A, B, and C.

Job A -- I sent a candidate the day I was engaged on the job; I received a prompt response with a one-page questionnaire for the candidate, and I even called the contact to introduce myself. "Hey, so far so good!" I thought.
I had the candidate complete the survey and submitted the next day. My contact responded that they wanted to conduct a phone interview.

54 DAYS PASSED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CALLED MY CANDIDATE AND DECIDED HE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH. By this point my candidate and I had figured they were not interested, as I left a dozen or so voicemails and emails for my contact, none of them being returned. I was effectively stone-walled for just shy of two months, left in limbo, then suddenly and without warning my candidates was phone screened and passed on. Total waste of time.

Job B -
I submitted two candidates April 6th and a third on April 19th; then received nothing. I called and emailed for weeks, leaving messages and the like for a contact who refused to call me back (to this day I have never spoken to him). Finally, on May 4th, (28 and 14 days after submittal, respectively) I was informed via a mass email that they had selected an internal candidate. All three candidates were no longer being considered. Waste of almost a month.

Finally, Job C
Got engaged to the job May 4th; I submitted a candidate on May 5th. Client did not provide a phone number, so I have been emailing with no response. Here we are 34 days later with not even the faintest idea if they are interested in my candidate (the only one submitted, incidentally).

I am quite zealous, and have reached out to my Bounty Jobs rep at least a dozen times for help; additionally, I called "Customer Service" and she basically blamed me for having high expectations. I don't know what the world at large expects, but having to wait on average 31 days to receive feedback on a candidate resume, let alone an email or a phone call to acknowledge my existence, doesn't feel like too much to ask.
BJ is a failed experiment, and the problem lies mainly in the fact that recruiters are commoditized and client companies are free to do what they please, when they please.

Comment on Fired.. What was the excuse for you?

Mutuelle — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:19:52 GMT

I think its just about the way you are and you behave.I will just say that we should be original,creative,always innovating,up to date and just perfect at every angle.
Also know how to respect others,to behave with others.
And never forget good manners like salutations,thanking someone,always being on time to work, all these aspect counts in a job whatever the type.

Comment on Recruiting / Sourcing Via Twitter

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Comment on Fired.. What was the excuse for you?

Jobs For 13 Year Olds — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:55:40 GMT

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It was really helpful for me!
Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Recruiting Strategy for Twitter

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Comment on Bounty Jobs

Anon — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:32:34 GMT

BOUNTYJOBS.COM IS A SCAM. THEY OWE ME OVER $10,0000 FOR A PLACEMENT MADE IN MARCH. I EVEN GOT CONFIRMATION WITH A CHECK NUMBER FROM THE HIRING COMPANY SO I KNOW BOUNTYJOBS HAS THE MONEY. ITS BEEN A COLLECTION NIGHTMARE. AVOID THIS COMPANY LIKE THE PLAGUE AND JUST WORK WITH COMPANIES DIRECTLY. BOUNTJOBS IS NON RESPONSIVE TO EMAIL AND PHONE CALLS. I'VE SENT A COMPLAINT TO THE HIRING COMPANY, BUT NO MUCH THEY CAN DO SINCE THEY ALREADY PAID THE INVOICE. SO, BEWARE AND USE THIS SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THEY STEAL MONEY THAT RIGHTFULLY AND ETHICALLY BELONGS TO THE RECRUITER.

Comment on IBM Rescinds Job Offer

online ad jobs — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:01:04 GMT

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Comment on Bounty Jobs

Ellen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:25:01 GMT

Bounty is a HUGE scam, especially the Canadian "engineering" firm that tells recruiters if the candidate you submit is qualified, you have to have the candidate him/heself go on THEIR website and submit their resume online to the company directly. This company has destroyed their reputation because of their hiring practices so nobody wants to work there anyway.
I submitted a candidate with a prescreen attached, dated with candidate approval to submit. The company liked him, BOUNTY said although my submission was in the database first, they were giving to another recruiter. WTF? Trying to get "Linda" to call back is pulling teeth. Do yourself a favor - avoid Bounty and it's scam. Companies are hiring candidates after the ownership period is over. It's all bull**shit!

Comment on Bounty Jobs

Mike — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:51:23 GMT

I can see how lack of responsiveness from employers might lead you to question their motives, but I think those motives (and those of their partners like bountyjobs) are not as calculated as you think. I guess there could be some that are trying to hoard candidates, but the more more likely explanation for not getting back to recruiters is usually simpler: lack of time, poor follow-up or even thoughtlessness. I agree with you that more structure - or maybe advice and direction - is a way to solve this. At BountyJobs (where I work), we're trying to improve it. One way is by changing the way employers post jobs on our site. At the same time a company posts a new job, they also get advice from account managers (many of whom have been headhunters themselves) about what they can do to get better and more quality attention from recruiters. It's helped. It's not perfect yet and we're very open to feedback about how to make it even better.