Inexperienced with recruiters—please help. Recruiter reached out about a role which turned out to be much more junior than I would consider and not a good fit generally. She did a screening interview about me and my current role, didn’t talk about the role at all except to say it doesn’t sound like it would be a fit, then asked for my salary requirements and current resume, even though I’m not actively job searching. Is this all fine? Any drawbacks or things to be aware of before forwarding?

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I’m comfortable in my job/company, but I always keep my options open and talk to recruiters when they reach out. No harm in sending the recruiter your info, as long as your clear that it’d have to be a good opportunity in order for you to consider it. You can be (politely) choosey.

....note: I generally respond, “thanks, no thanks” to recruiters who send a laundry list of position names and zero details. Those are a waste of time if you aren’t actually looking looking. In my opinion.

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