I&#x27;m genuinely excited about a recruitment firm where the people can actually code. It&#x27;s an industry that needs some skills, even just basic ones like calling back people that you said you&#x27;d call.<p>So often you get guys who have no clue talking about things they don&#x27;t understand, deciding who gets to apply where. This is terrible for both employees and firms. They also charge way too much money as a middleman. No way it&#x27;s worth 1&#x2F;4 of a salary to filter a list of candidates. Especially when you just do it by the staircase method. That&#x27;s the one where you throw the pile off a staircase and choose the ones on one step.<p>I really hope recruitment doesn&#x27;t turn you into douchebags. Here&#x27;s some choice tactics I&#x27;ve come across:<p>- They call you, the employer, with the perfect candidate. Guy checks all the boxes, top degree, top employment history, looking to move for more interesting work. Half an hour before the interview, he cancels. But luckily the recruiter has some other guys available, and why not talk to them since that time is booked anyway?<p>- They call you, the employee, saying one of your colleagues is leaving and mentioned you. He&#x27;s got a top job lined up, just send your CV. (Why bother harvesting CVs though, if you&#x27;re gonna do like in tactic one?)<p>- They bomb your LinkedIn with an employee&#x27;s CV. Your LinkedIn say nothing about you wanting to hire, or what technologies you use.<p>- They put out generic ads to get CVs. Not real jobs, just imaginary jobs.<p>Anyway, I&#x27;m hoping there&#x27;s going to be some real value added from you guys.