5 Things Recruiters Hate About Job Seekers

5 Things Recruiters Hate About Job Seekers 57 Flares 57 Flares A little bit of tough love for your Monday.  While this may come across as harsh, please do remember that the key word is love.  I love you, I really love you. Lets jump into it, shall we? 5 Things Recruiters Hate About Job Seekers 1. The Run Around:  Its their job to call or email and its your job to pick up or get back to them quickly. Dont make them wait. There are no games in your job search.  Dont wait two days to get back to them.  Theyve moved on by then.  Your old news.  Youre like an expired coupon to them.  Dont make them wait.  Theres someone more urgent out there starting a fire in their pants, while youre busy making excuses. 2. Lack of Excitement: What do you really want to do?  If you dont sound convinced that you want the job we have open, then we arent convinced youre for us. Get excited.  Get mothaaaaafuhhhkin excited. 3. Missing Interviews:  I believe Marshall Mathers said it best, This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.  If you miss the first interview, the recruiter looks like dog shit.  They may give you another interview out of kindness if you have a stellar excuse, but you wont be their favorite person in the world, yo. 4. Unreadable Resumes: Dont force everything on one page.  You can go to page two.  Computers are fantastic.  They help recruiters scroll down to page 2 of your resume within seconds.  Whoever told you that resumes should only be one page must be 95 years old and is afraid the carrier pigeon wont fit both pages in its bird mouth. 5. Sense of Entitlement: You deserve to be heardif you are qualified.  A ton of job seekers feel they are qualified when they arent.  Not everyone deserves a phone call.  It would be nice if all companies got back to everyone, but thats not the world we live in.  Its sad.  Move on to the next company if you dont hear back.  It happens more than anyone wants, but again, its just the way the world works these days.