Persistence can be good....or not.

But stalking? Um, no.

It's ok to call a recruiter once a week to check in when you're looking for a new gig somewhere. It is not ok to call three times per day, every day. Why? Because we'll decide not to deal with you anymore.

Let me tell you about Persistence Man(PM). PM seemed like a decent candidate with marketable skills. He is an Oracle Database Administrator. After interviewing him, I let him know that I'd be actively looking for a new position that suited his skills. All's good, right? Wrong.

PM began to call me three times per day. Each time he called, it was about something minor, or worse, completely irrelevant to his job search. It became incredibly annoying.

See, we have caller ID. When he would call, others in the office recognized his number and would chuckle and shout out his name. I began to pretend I was in meetings, meetings for exactly 9.5 hours every day.

So candidates, if you are listening, persistence of a rational type is good. When it crosses over to annoying, you will not get the job. Really. You will become known to everyone in the office as that "crazy guy that won't stop calling". Seriously, we WILL call you when something comes up. We WANT to place you somewhere. Our compensation is tied to placing you! So trust us, we're working for you. We're not gonna work harder because you call 3 times per day, in fact, that's the best way to make sure we'll "lose" your resume.