An internal recruiter reached out to me yesterday to set up an interview where she wanted to learn about my experience in my field. I have set my profile to openly looknig for work and, while temping, looking for a long term role. I sent her my resume and we set up a call for this morning.
She tells me that they are not currently hiring for a role and then gives me a role description and says that this role may come available in the future. I was confused as to the purpose of our call because she didn't actually ask me any questions about my background. As she ended the call she asked if I wanted to be considered for future roles. I said I did and gave her my salary range.
Was the entire purpose of this call just to get a range for this role? If so, do recruiters not have a better way to do this? The whole thing felt like a waste of time.