I understand a recruiter needs my resume to send to a client. I get that. However, I had a recruiter ask me, repeatedly for my resume, but was unwilling to give ANY details about the position. I wanted to highlight specific things and remove fluff, if needed, from my resume so I wanted some details. He wouldn’t give any. I asked again. He said that he’s fix it up for the position. I said no, I can do that and I’m a little frustrated with his unwillingness to give any info at all. Next week, a different recruiter asked for my resume without even pretending to have a position, just that they hire for positions in my field.
For more context, I’ve NEVER gotten anywhere with a external recruiter, only internal ones. I try to be helpful, but nothing ever comes from it.
What is it about getting resumes? Is this some metric they have or something else?
often yes, they need to bring a number of candidates to the company that they are working for to get paid. So having your resume lets them stuff open jobs with “valid” candidates.