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by MichaelCrawford 4096 days ago
There are certain, specific recruiters I recommend highly, however I recommend those individuals - as people - and not the companies they work for.

Suppose you get a job as a temporary contract programmer. The client - their client - is somehow unhappy with you, and wants your recruiter to fire you.

Would you expect the recruiter to come to your defense?

No, because they won't want to lose a valuable client. You'll get a security guard and a cardboard box, the recruiter will get their commission by placing some other candidate.

I'm building The Global Computer Employer Index at:

http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/

I only have a few cities listed so far, and in each city, not so many companies. However if you tell me where you're moving to - email mdcrawford@gmail.com if you prefer - I'll post whatever I have for your new home, and will make a concerted effort to find more companies there.

Real Soon Now I'm going to automate the process of discovering technical employers. I've been building the site manually while I puzzle over how to do that.

My site does not work well at all for smartphones. Use a desktop box. A mobile friendly website is a high priority but is going to take me a little while.