Pain of a recruiter

I was reading an article in Silicon India on Human_Resource_or_Harassing_Resource. I was laughing out after reading the article. It is so funny, and the comments are sometimes close to truth. But are the recruiter responsible for harassing?

In boom days recruiter has to recruit people, there are enough open positions and not enough suitable candidates for the position. Recruiters (at least the ones I am closely working with) work more than 12 hours a day and 6 days a week. And they may not be able to find candidates who actually fits the position. In case they are able to find one, it is not sure whether the person is definitely going to join. In case the selected person says NO just 1 day before joining, recruiter has to start the work from the scratch and already would have missed her deadline.

In bad time, recruiter does not gain anything by saying the position is on hold or we will get back to you. She just conveys the message from the hiring manager. Hiring manager makes the decision as the face of the organization, she needs to tell the fact. Job applicant has the phone number/email of the recruiter but not the hiring manager. So applicants call the recruiter. Hey it is not her decision to hire or not. It is her decision to shortlist a candidate or not. So no candidate would probable hear your interview is on hold and we will conduct your interview after indefinite period. Recruiter has the rights to call candidates based on certain inputs. And they do a fairly good job in getting the candidates.

So when one blames recruiters for the bad news or delaying tactics, it is not her wish as well. She might be just doing this as her organization needs it.