I have recently been hunting for a new job, with the aid of a few different recruitment companies. After getting a job offer and signing the contract I had the fun task of telling my helpful recruiters that I no longer needed their services. This was fine except for one who advised me:
You may have signed a contract, but you can't be forced to work there if you decide to pull out.
Why not go along and see MyClientsCompanyName anyway? You've got nothing to lose.
I can guarantee that their role / environment would be much better.
This was without telling the recruiter where I was moving on to, only that I no longer needed his help.
I felt that this was pretty cutthroat and was quite put-off by it, but maybe I was getting the wrong end of the stick.
What do you other recruiters think of this approach? Is it going too far?
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