RE: recruiters with english as a second language

2006-04-02 Thread Dave Merrill
I know everyone here knows this, but I can't just leave this thread percolating without responding... I currently work in a culturally mixed environment, with a number of people from outside the US. Sometimes I have a bit of difficulty with their accents or wordings, as they do with the native

RE: recruiters with english as a second language

2006-04-02 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Everybody's different from somebody. That doesn't make them any less valuable, or worthy of respect. I just want to clarify that, I don't think badly of these recruiters as people. It's frustrating for me because of the context in which the language barrier is presented. A language barrier is

RE: recruiters with english as a second language

2006-04-02 Thread Saman W Jayasekara
I totally agree with Isaac. Forget about English. Coldfusion is better. About Recruiters, let me copy from Dave's email. That explains lot of things. // Recruiters, on the other hand, regardless of where they're from, that's another story (;-0)... This is very good discussion for recruiters

Re: recruiters with english as a second language

2006-04-02 Thread Pete Ruckelshaus
Lest my earlier response be judged in any way racial, I need to follow up. My tendancy towards ignoring recruiters, whether native English speakers or not, comes from my experiences with recruiters in general. As a whole, I find recruiters to be somewhere between the tax man and used car

Recruiters who suck and don't suck

2006-04-02 Thread Rob Reno
Being in the business we're in, sometimes we have to give in and allow these flesh peddlers to work for us... the good and the bad. I have been in the running for a few jobs in the past few years and have accepted a job recently... all being represented by a few recruiters. I have been