Recruiter stunned by job seekers red flag question

A Sydney recruiter has been left gobsmacked by a question from a job seeker about a supposed “red flag” they have witnessed during their employment search.Tammie Christofis Ballis, specialist recruiter and career coach at Realistic Careers, often gives out advice on social media to those going through the job search or interview process.During one of her recent live Q&A sessions on TikTok, there was one question in particular that caught her attention.“Would you consider a recruiter call at 7pm a red flag?” one social media user asked.“Absolutely not.Why would you think that’s a red flag?” Ballis responded.She explained that if a recruiter is going to the effort of calling you at 7 p.m.

then it means you are the “right person for the job” and they want to put you forward quickly.Speaking to news.com.au, Ballis said recruiters often work outside of normal hours in order to find the right candidate.Calling outside of regular work hours also means they aren’t interrupting you at your current job if you have one.“So it’s absolutely not a red flag, if anything, it should be flattering,” she said.The response to the video left the Sydney-based recruiter even more baffled. Even after explaining why this situation, an evening call, was a positive sign, many people were still adamant it was a red flag.“Huge red flag.Don’t disturb people’s free time outside of business hours.

Call during normal hours like everybody else.The audacity of these people,” one said.“Nah I’d be pissed.

After hours is family time.It sets up unhealthy expectations that I’d be expected to work overtime for nothing?” another wrote.Many claimed it showed a lack of respect for personal time and poor time management on the recruiter’s behalf.Others also wrongly claimed having a recruiter call after 5pm violates the new Right to Disconnect laws.The new laws only relate to employees having the legal ability to ignore contact outside of hours either by thei...