So I will start this by saying I am a recruiter.

BUT...

I have been a recruiter for nearly 12 years and all of those have been in recruiting software developers.

I thought I would write this article because I joined this board to genuinely understand more about the technology I work with, to understand the people and to understand market trends.
Sadly the issue I see is the same as on sites liked LinkedIn, everyone hates recruiters.

So I thought I would try to put another angle across to you all.

Do you have any idea how hard is it to be a recruiter?

No this isn't a sob story this is a simple question?

I work long hours for zero commission if I don't place anyone. There seems to be a strange opinion we are paid fantastic amounts of money and actually do very little. The truth is the opposite we get paid well if we work incredibly hard and during this time of working hard expect to be hated by everyone (for no real reason) lied to by the people you represent, treated as an inconvenience, disrespected and if you find something else before I place you feel free to not attend an interview, not answer your phone and potentially destroy my relationship with a client for no reason at all...

But we are hated? Seems strange.

Many of us work really hard and actually genuinely try to be good people. Why is it that if one person doesn't get a job or is treated in way they dislike an entire sector (110,000 people + in the UK alone) are universally criminalised?

So in ending I would like to ask why we are all so bad?