[RajT88]

In-house recruiters I have much better experiences with. Recruiters working for staffing/headhunting firms in my experience tend to:

1. Be focused on high volume, hence the ghosting. They save time by ghosting you and spend that time on candidates which are sure bets.

2. They ask to be friends on LinkedIn up front (probably even if they know they are going to ghost you). This is to take advantage of your network. They get something out of the interaction; you get nothing.

3. They sometimes line you up for interviews which you aren't a good fit for. What in the actual fuck.

I don't friend recruiters from anything but the tech companies hiring. At my career stage, I won't even talk to recruiters which aren't working directly for the company doing the hiring. I would happily go back to this if I was at the phase of "I need a job; any job for now".

The icky feelings I've gotten from recruiters over the years is akin to the icky feelings I've gotten from car salesmen and real estate agents.

As I am writing this now, I am reminded of some of the headhunting/staffing firms I've talked to over the years. I just removed all of those recruiters from my network.