I like the cut of your jib, I'm going to try that with unsolicited recruiters for a while and see what happens.
I've been getting pings over the last two years and if I can get them to a range, it's routinely 80% of my current comp and that never changes. Nobody is getting the idea that you need something to attract talent away from a current job to hire for a new one. There's no salesmanship in this at all.
I’ve had many recruiters think they can try to sell me on the job _after_ I’ve told them it would be half of my compensation…
And, look, I’d love to join a Series A start-up that offers a ton of early stock in a promising idea; I’m typically the rare profile that would happily discuss that, with a spreadsheet and all. But those are almost always meat-by-the-slice “agencies” with no bonus structure. I’m really taken aback by the glib of those recruiters.
Just yesterday I had a lackluster job description sent to me by someone I've talked to before, and my rejection was just a boring. He had a small amount of motivation to ask what was wrong and I told him there's nothing in this JD that is interesting at all.
His response: "Well, that's what the client sent to me."
What the fuck value are you adding to this transaction at all, then?
Not sure why you feel the entitled to good service when you're probably not the one paying him. And probably not even the one to close the deal that lets him get paid... He could be much more enthusiastic with potential candidates that are more eager to apply for the jobs he has.
Sure people are lazy, but you're not the paying customer here.
it works really well. the interviews generally won't be a waste of time, though I've definitely been offered down-leveled roles sometimes.
the key is that you want the recruiter to say, firmly, that your ask is within their range.
ANYTHING ELSE ("we can make that up in equity", "we're willing to do that for the right candidate", "we can't guarantee that, but our benefits package is stellar", "i'm not sure, but let's connect anyway?") is a sell and should be approached carefully.
I've been getting pings over the last two years and if I can get them to a range, it's routinely 80% of my current comp and that never changes. Nobody is getting the idea that you need something to attract talent away from a current job to hire for a new one. There's no salesmanship in this at all.