[Discuss] Multiple submissions of resume by recruiters and hired.com

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 12:03:58PM -0400, Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> Because the recruiter who submitted my resume is entitled to an
> employer paid fee of anywhere from 7% to 30% or more of my starting
> salary. Employers do not want to be in a position where they can be
> sued by the recruiter(s) that don't get their fee, but believe they
> are entitled to it because they also submitted my resume.
> 
> Or so the story goes ...
> 

This can be fixed at the employer end, but only if there is a
single person dealing with all incoming resumes. As soon as a
repeat resume is submitted, it must be rejected with a note to
the recruiter that it is a repeat. 

Anything else leaves the hiring company open to idiotic
lawsuits.

-dsr-