I fully agree that communication skills amongst recruiters is key. I can think of 2 times in the past year that I have been contacted by recruiters via linked-in due to having a relatively high profile in my industry and the recruiters dropped the ball.

One of the firms that I was contacted about is a rapidly growing leader in its space but I lost interest in the company once I could not get the recruiter to give me updates and or set up timely calls with company executives. (And again this recruiter contacted me via one of the groups I lead on LinkedIn)

The economy is recovering and hot rapidly growing firms that utilize recruiters who contact top talent via Linkedin or other Social Media tools that subsequently drop the ball communicating with the highly prized candidate (especially passive candidates who are already employed) will be passed over and top candidates will stick to talking with stable growth companies (Amazon, Microsoft, Bearing Point etc) whose recruiters do indeed communicate well and return emails and phone calls.

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