Job-Hunting: Are You Scaring Recruiters?

A friend who's a recruiter for an employment agency told me that since Wall Street imploded this fall he has seen an uptick in calls from angry, weepy and desperate-sounding candidates. "Some will yell that they have to get the job because their mortgage depends on it," he said. "A couple have even cried into the phone and begged me to help them." I get that people are incredibly stressed (not to mention pissed) about having lost their jobs, and I understand how stiff the competition is to...Full Story