Tonight someone I’d met once or twice before tried to recruit me into coming to work for their company. 
There’s a number of things that put me off about their approach, and I wanted summarise them here so that any other recruiters or managers who read this knows what not to do.

First of all, whilst it’s only something minor – it’s probably a good idea not to try and corner me whilst I’m (obviously) chatting with other people, and not you. 

When I mention that I happen to be sitting with workmates, and my manager/team-leader, that should be an indication to back off with the pitch and leave it for another opportunity.

If I’ve also said I’m enjoying the work, and that I get to work on some cool stuff (even if I can’t mention the clients/projects) – patronising the company I work for isn’t really a point in your favour.

However the killer would have to be mentioning how you’re engaging in (in my opinion) shady business practices, and isn’t-this-really-cool-that-we’re-screwing-the-system-for-our-clients. 

That’s all!