[makecheck]

I’m sure there are talented recruiters but generally I’m lucky if they connect any dots properly. Things like: “I see you have years of experience on X, here’s an opening in Y”, or “I found your resume <that clearly states objectives, including where I would work>, here’s a job in $faraway_city!”.

In other words, they barely seem to read resumes or anything else so if they totally screw up key details of the position, that is probably par for the course.

(Insert rant about losing StackOverflow Developer Stories, which actually allowed explicit tagging of things like preferred tech which made matching really easy.)

[tbabb]

Recruiters use automated tools to scrape LinkedIn profiles and send what amounts to customized spam.

[joshstrange]

> I’m sure there are talented recruiters but generally I’m lucky if they connect any dots properly.

I'd love to meet one. Every recruiter I've worked with had trouble walking and chewing gum. It's infuriating that they aren't better at their jobs given how much they can make by placing even 1 developer.