"But somehow you would assume that an IT recruiter must be interested in the technologies they work with every day, no?"
Indeed no. The author is failing to see it from the recruiter's point of view. Recruiting is a sales job. Just like selling real estate, cars or double glazing. It's a numbers game and it involves a lot of cold calling, and a lot of rejection, which means recruiters have to be thick skinned and resilient. Candidates should remember they are not the customer; the hiring manager or company is the customer as they pay the recruiter fee. As a candidate, you are the product. Other non IT skills that are essential to recruiting are mapping organizations and networking. The author, and many devs who criticize recruiters, are overlooking all that.
"But somehow you would assume that an IT recruiter must be interested in the technologies they work with every day, no?"
Indeed no. The author is failing to see it from the recruiter's point of view. Recruiting is a sales job. Just like selling real estate, cars or double glazing. It's a numbers game and it involves a lot of cold calling, and a lot of rejection, which means recruiters have to be thick skinned and resilient. Candidates should remember they are not the customer; the hiring manager or company is the customer as they pay the recruiter fee. As a candidate, you are the product. Other non IT skills that are essential to recruiting are mapping organizations and networking. The author, and many devs who criticize recruiters, are overlooking all that.