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?
In years past, it used to be something they would use their software for and pair up keywords with jobs. Also quite a few get paid by how many candidates they bring to the table.
Nowadays they are probably mining your resume for AI, seeing what businesses you worked for and mining the data to learn what their competitors are up to, and/or actually getting you setup for jobs.