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  56         <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="http://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/2017/07/what-are-the-es.html" rel="bookmark">What are the essential duties for a technical recruiter?</a></h2>
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  72             <p>I think it's odd that most recruiters do not seem to know what they essential
  73 duties are. Just looking at it quickly one would think that a recruiter's job
  74 is to find <strong>qualified</strong> candidates. In the field of computers
  75 this often means looking at buzzwords and matching them up. But it's more than
  76 buzzword matching (http://jobscan.co can do that for you). It's really knowing
  77 the technologies behind the buzzwords to know that, for example, <a
  78 href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software)">Jenkins</a> is
  79 essentially the same as <a
  80 href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Cloud">Electric Commander</a>
  81 whereas <a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> is not really at all like
  82 <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/">MongoDB</a> though they do share the characteristic of both being databases,
  83 one uses SQL and the other is No SQL.</p>
  84
  85 <p>I get way too many "offers" by recruiters - typically Indian recruiters -
  86 for positions that I would have thought I was not qualified for. For example,
  87 the client will say that 3+ years experience with AWS is <strong>required</strong>
  88 and I do not have any AWS experience yet (I've played around with it at home
  89 and have taken some online courses but it's clear the client wants 3+ years
  90 of actual experience not classroom experience). But the recruiter will
  91 contact me nonetheless. Or a recruiter will approach me for a Salesforce
  92 developer job. The word Salesforce appeared on my resume once. I helped the
  93 Salesforce team integrate into JIRA via a plugin. I configured the plugin and
  94 verified that Salesforce was talking to JIRA. I did absolutely nothing in
  95 Salesforce itself. I would think that a Salesforce developer would know
  96 Salesforce in depth. This is a waste of my time and their time and really
  97 a waste of the client's time.</p>
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  99 <p>I realize that the recruiter may be thinking "Hey, I'm not sure that this
 100 particular guy is totally qualified but I do see Salesforce on his resume.
 101 I'll reach out to him and ask questions". Then I would think he email, rather
 102 than being just a form email, would be something like this:</p>
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 104 <blockquote>
 105 Hi, my name is &lt;name&gt;. I saw your resume says you've had some Salesforce
 106 exposure but it's not clear to me how much experience you actually have. I have
 107 a Salesforce developer position described below. Can you tell me if you have
 108 enough experience and if you are comfortable with the job requirements?...
 109 </blockquote>
 110
 111 <p>But they don't do that.</p>
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 113 <p>I have toyed with the idea of faking experience so as to compel the
 114 recruiter to get me an interview and then go in there and simply say
 115 "I don't know any of that stuff and I don't know what Mr. Recruiter said I
 116 did" just to discredit the recruiter to show their clients that this
 117 particular recruiter is not properly screening (or screening at all for that
 118 matter). Something needs to be done, IMHO!</p>
 119
 120 <p>Case in point: Working with one <a
 121 href="mailto:arvind.alagapalli@araucariatechnologies.com">Arvind Kumar</a>
 122 of <a href="http://araucariatechnologies.com">Araucaria Technologies</a>,
 123 he approached me for an AWS Cloud Engineer position that has the following:</p>
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 125 <blockquote>
 126 <h2>Qualifications:</h2>
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 128 <ul>
 129   <li>5+ years of progressive experience with large, complex information systems</li>
 130   <li>3+ years of experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS 3+ environments</li>
 131   <li>Vast experience with transitioning physical plant to AWS environments</li>
 132   <li>Must have strong LAMP & Tomcat Java experience.</li>
 133   <li>Experience in automation and testing via scripting/programming.</li>
 134   <li>Strong experience with Ansible. Experience with SVN and Github (preferred)</li>
 135   <li>B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent (preferred)</li>
 136 </ul>
 137 </blockquote>
 138
 139 <p>Yet nowhere on my <a href="http://clearscm.com/resume">resume</a> would
 140 you find 3_ years of AWS experience, nor transitioning physical plant to AWS environment. Have no experience with
 141 Ansible, nor SVN or Github. This is not to say I couldn't excel at these
 142 technologies as I pick up things quickly. And I do have experience with
 143 things like Clearcase, Perforce and git (just not Github or SVN). And I have
 144 taken some AWS courses but I would not claim to have 3+ years of experience
 145 or even 1 year of experience because my experience is at home, not at a client's
 146 site in a production situation.</p>
 147
 148 <p>As a result, why would anybody trust Arvind's word at all? Why would
 149 anybody work with Arvind or other recruiters at Araucaria Technologies knowing
 150 that their quality control is very sub par?</p>
 151
 152 <p>Recently I found this Tech Recruiter job on DICE. Some of the essential
 153 duties include:</p>
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 155 <ul>
 156   <li>Identify the client's business and cultural nuances, as well as define
 157   the position, its functions, challenges selling points, and viability.
 158   <b><u>Uncover the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities of the ideal
 159   candidate</u></b>.</li>
 160
 161   <li>Coordinate with Program Managers and Account Managers to <b><u>ensure quality delivery to client's requisitions</u></b>. Work with sales team
 162   on account development and account management.</li>
 163
 164   <li>Actively market <b><u>qualified candidates</u></b> to new and existing
 165   clients. Utilize sales techniques to expand business through research and
 166   prospecting and turning client inquiries into job requisitions.</li>
 167
 168   <li>Assist with the design of a sourcing strategy to uncover both passive
 169   and active candidates through existing and new sources in order to
 170   maintain an <b><u>effective pool of candidates</u></b>. Utilize
 171   electronic process in recruiting and placement to <b><u>maximize
 172   efficiency and time saving</u></b>.</li>
 173
 174   <li><b><u>Target the most qualified candidates and screen resumes to
 175   identify potential matches</u></b>.</li>
 176
 177   <li>Present opportunity to candidate and conduct in-depth interview to
 178   <b><u>determine suitability and interest of candidate. Identify, evaluate,
 179   and summarize relevant technical experience, knowledge, hard and soft
 180   skills, and abilities in relation to job requirements</u></b>.</li>
 181
 182   <li><b><u>Submit qualified candidates</u></b> and respond to client
 183   concerns.</li>
 184 </ul>
 185
 186 <p>So as you can see recruiters should be qualifying people
 187 before emailing candidate who incompetent recruiters such as Arvind
 188 obviously have not qualified.</p>
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