Recruiters that claim an "Urgent Requirement" (job, company, pay)

[rummage]

I get so many emails from recruiters that start off with "Urgent requirement for...". I know from experience there is nothing urgent about the requirement. They just want to be the first ones I submit someone with the Job ID before anyone else does.

What I don't like about this, is that it makes people think they are going to fast-track hiring someone for this position and it doesn't mean that at all. They will still take a month or so to setup an interview. It isn't like you get this "Urgent requirement for..." on Monday and you have an offer in a day or two.

Makes me want to write back to tell them, claiming they weren't fast enough, because I was just hired for this position by another recruiter 10 minutes ago.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by rummage

I get so many emails from recruiters that start off with "Urgent requirement for...". I know from experience there is nothing urgent about the requirement. They just want to be the first ones I submit someone with the Job ID before anyone else does.

What I don't like about this, is that it makes people think they are going to fast-track hiring someone for this position and it doesn't mean that at all. They will still take a month or so to setup an interview. It isn't like you get this "Urgent requirement for..." on Monday and you have an offer in a day or two.

Makes me want to write back to tell them, claiming they weren't fast enough, because I was just hired for this position by another recruiter 10 minutes ago.

The only people I see calling anything an "urgent requirement" are from India. I ignore all Indian recruiters. You should too; all they do is waste your time.

[Serious Conversation]

That's mostly an Indian/low end recruiter thing. I'm not going to be pressured to make a major life decision like that.

[turf3]

"Well, if they really have an Urgent Requirement for my skill set, I'm sure they'll be happy to pay 20% over the going rate, and bump my vacation to the same as 15 years seniority, right?"

[jnojr]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

The only people I see calling anything an "urgent requirement" are from India. I ignore all Indian recruiters. You should too; all they do is waste your time.

I have a large and constantly-growing list of domains in my blacklist that are these sort of bottom-feeding headhunters.

[jelenap]

It’s the keyword that helps to weed out those “spam recruiters”.

“Subject: Urgent Requirement

Hello, jelenap!!

My Name is Kumar and I am a Sr. Technical/Professional Recruiter with Blah Blah Solutions Inc. We have a position for ... with our direct client in a state very far away. If you are available and interested in the below opportunity, please send me a copy of your updated resume along with your contact details (because, even though I already have your email, I suffer from rare condition that causes selective loss of information)”

(followed by a job description that has nothing to do with my skills)

[Lekrii]

They are only paid if they fill the position. It is urgent to them, because the recruiter wants to be paid

[luckydogg]

What's worse is when you get the same "urgent" email for the same position from three different people from the same company: One from Alok, one from Ganesh and one from Promod. Sometimes I will get even a fourth from Raj, if they are really desperate for a commission. And as usual, it's got nothing to do with my skillset, and it's for a 1 month contract in some god forsaken place like Minot, North Dakota and candidate must work onsite full time. <sigh>

[bobsell]

"urgent requirement" means this

"PLZZZZZZ talk to me so I can submit you. I'm about to get my second single digit commission check and my landlord wants to throw me out for not paying my rent on time. PLZZZZZZZZZZZ, I don't want to flip hamburgers to get a raise!!!!"