One of the funny things about being a consultant, is that often recruiters will approach you for the same job.
Now I can understand that this can happen a few times. After all if one person thinks you are a good match, chances are so will other people. So when multiple recruiters talk to me about the same position, I say that I have already been contacted about this or just no thank you when it gets overwhelming.
So when I tell you what has been happening to me over the last two weeks you can understand why I am writing this. For the past 2 weeks there is a job that I am perfect for, but the company has a non negotiable hybrid and I am non negotiable WFH due to health. Which is fine. We all have our boundaries.
The problem is this. I am so perfect for the job, that multiple recruiters contact me about this job everyday day for the past 2 weeks. I had one this morning and that why I am writing this. Since he was vague I couldn’t save time but once he said the company name/location I knew what it was about. He/I wasted 20 maybe 40 minutes when if he had shared all of the details, it would have only been minutes wasted.
I have to be honest with you recruiters, the less key details you give to potential clients, the more time you waste for everyone. This is not a good use of anyone time.
To be honest, I have had jobs that I have turned down and weeks and months have gone by and they changed the requirements and then they considered/hired me. I don’t expect/maybe even want that to happen, but I’m not going to change on this. There is no reason to risk my health when I can work for other companies.