I have a felling about some unclear/dark business between Independent Recruiters and Bank of America HR and hiring managers. A lady contacted me via LinkedIn, very nice, I met her at a Starbucks. She gave me some positions she has including some from BofA. I expressed my interested for a 2 of BofA and one from another company. A couple days later she got me an interview. In the email she set, seems like she copy and paste some information that made me think that she got the questions from the recruiter, abs in fact the interview include questions about the paragraph she accidentaly include in the email. Less than 30 minutes later the recruiter called with an offer from BofA, a 36 months contract. at 57 hr. i told her i was looking for full time pos, and she say that the rate is flexible and she can get to raise it to 60hr. The whole conversation she was trying to pesuade me to take it. Maybe this is well known in the industry, but this is somthing I didnt expect.
Rule of thumb. Never trust BoA. Should lookup sorry they did during recession
Third-party recruiters are notorious for bait and switch attempts. They dangle big companies to get candidates talking, then offer a shit role. If it is a major company, apply directly. Or, at a minimum, find out if they even use third-party recruiters.
This sounds so sketchy.
All the said, why would you go and meet a recruiter at starbucks??
That really surprised me, then I asked some friends and they said is a common practice.
It is a common practise for recruiters who work for consulting companies- not amongst full time companies