[mgkimsal]

Don't be lazy about it (recruiters can smell laziness from miles away)

Funny, but I can smell lazy recruiters a mile away too.

"I came across your resume today... blah blah blah ... send me your resume and we can get started."

WTF?

I've had contact with about 30 recruiters in 2010 - the vast majority were 1-off emails or 2 minute phone calls. 3 were non-lazy, in my view, and I got a short term contract from one of them. She was polite, courteous, seemed like she was actually doing some positive work for both parties - a pretty rare find.

Yes, this was a bit off-topic, but, really... they're not doing this for fun - they're getting paid. If they think you're truly lazy they probably won't deal with you. But you shouldn't have to jump through hoops and do their job for them either.

[freiheit]

Personally, I appreciate the "I came across your resume, please send me your resume" thing from many recruiters.

If it's a job I'm interested in, I want to send them a current resume at the very least, and probably also highlight the most relevant experience.

Who knows how old, what version or how mangled the resume they saw was...

(However, many mean "I did a search on LinkedIn, and yours was one of a couple thousand profiles I decided to spam based on one or two keyword hits and being with 100 miles of the job site")

[mgkimsal]

Every resume I've published in the past 5 years says "a current resume is available at ...." with a link to my site which hasn't changed. Furthermore, I have an extremely uncommon name - there's 2 of me in the world, and I'm the only one who comes up when you google me. If people can't be that bothered to follow directions or make an attempt to see if they even have current info on me, that's lazy.

OTOH, I have a notice to recruiters at the top of my resume page with specific instructions. I've had recruiters call me and make note that they'd read the information and had some questions about my availability. That happened twice in 2010 - I gave them extra attention and went out of my way to try to help them find a good fit for the position. Simple courtesy goes a long way.

[slantyyz]

You don't have to smell a lazy recruiter. As your own evidence states, 90% of them you should run, run, run away from.