When multiple recruiters contact about the same job opportunity

I have been contacted by 3 different recruiters over the past week regarding what I highly suspect is the same position at a particular company. It is a position in which I am interested in at least discussing. I have asked questions back and forth to a couple of them but haven't agreed to a call/interview yet. How should I select which one I speak with? Just go with the firm with the best reputation? I'm assuming speaking to more than one about the same job is bad form.

Yeah, I guess this is kind of a weird question, but I didn't remember it being discussed here.

Thanks.

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darkerz

Go with the best pay.

Seriously, $$$.

jobes23

If it is truly the same position, see what they are offering and go with the best pay as darkerz said.

PurpleIT

blargoe wrote: »

I'm assuming speaking to more than one about the same job is bad form.

I have had companies tell me that if the same person is presented by more than one recruiter they will immediately drop them. I believe this has something to do with the contracts/fees and such.

networker050184

If this is a permanent hire position the money is probably no different between the recruiters. If that is the case I would ask them about their familiarity with the company. Have they placed people with this particular manager before? See what their relationship is with the company. Someone coming from one of their trusted recruiters is surely to get to the front of the resume pile.

PurpleIT wrote: »

I have had companies tell me that if the same person is presented by more than one recruiter they will immediately drop them. I believe this has something to do with the contracts/fees and such.

I think the recruiters are the one that spread this to keep you from talking to other people. I don't think an employer would throw out a perfectly good candidate just because two copies of the resume came across their desk.

Russell77

I have had it happen a few times recently. I have one group where multiple people will call me from the same company. I think they are in a call center overseas. I try to pick a group that I know something about. The recuiter has to represent you to the company, and the company may not want to deal with the guy that offers you more. If the group is local to the company they may have a pre existing relationship. That will help get the real story about what the job. I have been trying local or well known recruiters.

blargoe

One of them told me it was perm, the other said contract to hire. Maybe it is two different positions, but being in a smaller market and the specific similarities between the two postings, I think it's unlikely, but who knows. I haven't had time to really talk to either one.