Hi Alex:

I went to your site to watch the gumball rally feed as we had a dear friend Scott Oshry (he was in the yellow ferrari) in the rally. Your driversidegumball site was the favorite amongst my 10 year old son and his friends.

At the site, I came upon your recruiter comments and I have to agree with you and I think I will steal your idea and start this recruiter yelp site. I am a recruiter and I know of the people you mentioend in your blog comments. I have my own agency and although I would like to present to clients perfect candidates for each opening sometimes they do not exist. Like you we get a lot of crap resumes and it too takes a lot of time for us to filter through the referrals, friends, siblings, friends of friends and email submissions we receive. Once we identify a decent candidate we have to meet them in person, verify their background and check their references.

We meet a lot of candidates and we will not submit one to a client if they are not a good “fit” and not qualified. We also communicate this to a client that we are looking for them and may not have the best people at the moment they need them.

Sometimes we are playing the odds game and finding the right people for the right position can be trying as there are a lot of people out there some are the perfect candidate and some are disasters/difficult or just plain not qualified. The best times are when we have the great person and the great client and make that atch and everyone is happy - ecspecially us when we collect our fee.

Also, I have to say there is not a lot of market loyalty with recruiters/clients it often comes down to whoever presents the best candidate, at the right price for the best fee wins! Clients - like you are busy and they do not need to be our best friend - they need good employees to start yesterday.

Enjoy China!