I’ve just been “headhunted”, rather unusually, by (or rather on behalf of) a tech sales company…
They sell software mostly, but also the associated hardware. I’m not going to name the company, but it’s POS-related…
Leaving aside the weirdness of the way they “found” me, or how very odd the entire contact has been - if it turns out that this is legit, would you take it?
The base salary is the highest thing I’ve ever been propositioned, and then they claim up to 50% commission on top of that (I believe commission-only is illegal in Aus - hence the base salary). The recruitment was full of weird millennial shit like “Free breakfast!” and a bunch of emojis. It was all very… Cringe. It was also written with really poor grammar, considering this is a tech company, in Australia…
I dunno. I’m yet to ascertain how “legit” it all is, and it is very much too good to be true, but, apart from being parasites, what are your thoughts on that sort of work/company as a whole..?
It’s setting off a whole bunch of red flags, to me, but I’m also willing to… At least communicate with them further, without giving away anything too identifying, simply because I am looking for work.
I dunno. I don’t like this, and I’m trying to be as wary as possible, but the research I’ve done so far suggests that this is how companies like this do things, even if it is utterly alien to me…
Just wondering what people think, beyond “Run a thousand miles the other way”, lol…
It's an external recruiter... :-/
Everything about the recruiter is dodgy, and definitely spammy. The company she apparently works for (if she is a real human) has good reviews, but there's a massive disconnect between what they have on LinkedIn, and her emails to me...
As for the company that apparently "wants to recruit me", their... Reputation is not so good. But it depends where you look.
It's not a startup. It's like Square, if you know that one. Essentially a payment processor. They're international, I believe - this is the Australian branch...
I dunno. There's a lot of red flags.
I fully expect it to go south, which is why... I'm trying to minimise the information the recruiter gets from me.
While also not directly saying "No", yet, just in case...
It's all very weird. But apparently "normal" behaviour from these Linkedin-scraping recruiters, as you say...
The more of your info the external recruiter gets, the more jobs she can slam your resume into. It’s not necessarily a terrible thing, but it’s not the best.
The pay levels are probably real. If you want that pay at that company, apply directly.
Yeah, I did try to find out whether I could apply directly, but they don’t even have any job listings (in Australia), and, for that matter, no way to apply directly.
It also has a strange disclaimer on the “careers” page, that states that if you send an unsolicited CV, they will “charge you a fee”, which is… Possibly not even legal.
It just screams “scam” to me. The whole thing…
But maybe I’m just not used to this “industry”, which is why I asked…
It’s all a bit frustrating.