I am not one of those willing to change jobs, but as I see it, many personnel managers (especially ours) have not yet changed their thinking. They are not aware of how scarce personnel are in certain areas and still approach it with a certain arrogance.
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@Marco-VI I was once invited to an interview by recruiters and the recruiter asked me why I had just applied there and wanted to work at the company. He was 0 prepared and only had his standard questions. When I then said that I had not applied but had been contacted by their recruiters, he was completely thrown off his game.
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•@Staatsmann This basically hits the nail on the head
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@Staatsmann Something similar happened to me once. My first thought was also "Excuse me? You guys contacted me, right?" The conversation also included the question, "How do you think we should change our processes?" "I don't know, I don't even know your processes yet." I walked out of there shaking my head and today I'm glad I didn't end up there.
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•@NEWT1 Yes, I am then. A few weeks later I was contacted again with the same text 😅
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@Staatsmann This move has already happened to me. Since I know how most (external) recruiters work, I was prepared. They search your profile on LinkedIn, XING, trade fairs or whatever for buzzwords and write to you (sometimes automatically). This is similar to spam pure statistics: if you write to 100 people, you will get 20 answers and 5 numbers or conversations will result. My tip: stay casual but decent and play the ball back. At the time, I pointed out that my current employer was doing very well and had contacted me. I followed the interview invitation because I would like to know why they think that I fit into their team and what their story is, with which they believe they can support my personal development in contrast to my current employer. With recruiters, their eyes tend to shine, but the professional contacts tend to stutter.
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