Absolutely horrible recruitment…
Absolutely horrible recruitment company. I think this is by far the worst company I have ever dealt with. This company does not even deserve to be a called a company - it's a scam full of lying people (and I have evidence as you will find out if you continue reading this).
I was contacted by them regarding two roles. They passed on my CV for another role without my consent. The recruiter did not ask me anything about my previous experience or my current position - nothing. They also provided very little to no guidance on what to prepare for the interview, have no description ready for the roles that were recruiting for and frankly knew nothing about it (again very very young professionals which is fine but someone please give them some training and structure...) I was successful so of course they stayed in touch with me. I made it to the very last round of a reputable fund (bit shocked that such a reputable fund is using this scamming recruitment company). Afterwards I heard nothing from them for two weeks. After two weeks, I finally got an answer saying that the company decided to run more interviews with candidates who have more experience in in-house strategy (This message by the way was a script and I know that for sure as my friend was applying for another role with them and got the same message with a few changes), However, this was an utter lie because I found out from my previous company that the fund decided to hire one of my ex-colleagues - a consultant. Absolutely disappointed that I never got an honest feedback from them which I believe after preparing for c.3 interviews and making it to the final round would be appropriate as I already invested so much time with them.
Another recruitment experience (which happened in parallel with the first one), the same story, this time my friend and I did not make it pass the first round. Radio silence from Camino Partners (Search). After few weeks I got the same message - "After interviewing few candidates, they decided to interview few more and looking to fill in position with an in-house strategy consultant". No feedback and radio silence. Funnily enough, I started a new role at another firm and I met a colleague and we started chatting about this and we found out that they were the one who got the role (but they declined). Again, the colleague was not an in-house strategy consultant. I'm just utterly confused why would Camino Partners (Search) lie about this. Why can they not just give you a short feedback? Why they have to make angry off potential candidates like that? I'm utterly confused about the business model here as well. They message multiple candidates on LinkedIn, present them to the client, and ghost about two thirds of them. The potential candidates get (rightly) angry and never respond to Camino´s future opportunities again so Camino Partners (Search) have to look for new profiles every time a new role emerges - how is that sustainable & viable? Surely you want create a pool of potential candidates, build relationship so you can reach back to them and present them with more suitable roles? It's so bizarre and frankly very silly.
On another note, please, if you are a reputable PE / VC fund - DO NOT USE THEM. It is not worth it and it can seriously damage your reputation. Consulting world is small and people talk a LOT. After this experience, I'm ready to stay away from both the recruitment company and their client too.
6 novembre 2023
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