@chrismcb said:
Well the recruiter was having none of that, explaining to me how fast things get turned over (so I'm thinking to myself, great, that means there will be another job oppurtunity the next week) and what would happen if there is a qualified candidate that was in Town on Thursday or Friday and got the job off? I responded with, "Oh well, shucks darn, I didn't get the job."Third party recruiters are like that - especially the job shops. They think everything works like used car sales - that if you walk off the lot you are gone forever. Sometimes jobs do turn over very quickly, but the good employers usually take their time for hiring permanents, with the whole process often taking a month or so from first contact to first day on the job, and very few will insist on getting you in for an interview faster than you are comfortable with.
Contract positions less so, but even then...
Sounds that particular recruiter was more worried about getting their commission than putting the right person in the right job slot - it was probably a good thing they never called back. Obviously I don't hold a lot of respect for recruiters - the good ones are far and few between, and mostly serve more as a hindrance to both employer and employee than anything else.