What I notice in my job searches over the last couple of years: I had contracting roles where the interview may have been 1 to 2 screening calls and interview with client. Twice, I was hired within a hour of the interview. My frustration here is the screening calls may lead to being submitted to company but you really in the dark.

Interviewing directly with a company has always been long time. Many rounds and weeks of waiting for a "no" or "yes".

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Understand the frustration you are feeling. It’s not the same environment that it was 20 or even 10 ago. It’s all about budget and justification for a role, let alone if the market or something else changes the direction for that particular job. I’ve been through plenty of interviews and even hired to start two weeks out and Friday night I receive an email from them saying we’ve changed direction and are reorganizing the department and the position was eliminated, on Friday night 6pm and I was to start Monday at 9:00am. Talk about a kick in the mouth!

Wow, that's insane. Was it a contract role or FTE position?

Yes it’s not real per se until you hear back from company. I don’t get excited anymore about recruiter screens. Once I see interview request. I start getting excited. 😊

The thing that really frustrates me is I have the exact conversation with the account manager that I had with the 1st rep. I know it's their process but it's redundant. We do it because we want to work. I want to get to the level where it matters and that's with the client.

At the end of the day you don't even know if they have a foot in the door to talk to a client. I know one time i jumped through hopes for a recruiter to be submitted to Giant supermarkets. They came back after a week and half to say they went with another candidate. I applied directly and got an interview. They told me they didn't work with recruiting firms.

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It’s frustrating for sure. I’m interested to see if it’s the new way forward even when the market recovers or if it’ll balance out and employers will be more accountable.

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