Shadow resourcing in IT

I have been working in a IT company which mostly does shadow resourcing and lies tot there client alot. Just wanted to know if anyone else has seen this? If Yes, I would like to know more about this type of work and make connections from the people who have similar interest because I think there is a great oppurtunity to create money in this business.

Join IT recruiter groups on Slack or Discord. You’ll meet people doing shadow resourcing. Ask questions, share tips, and grow your network there.

This is great blackhat method to make money. The problem is once your cover is blown you will be blacklisted. The recruitment industry runs a tight ship, has checkpoint at every step and of course got their own secret database of blacklists, I have seen the database myself. Not the actual data but recruiters entering data into blacklist database.

I've experienced something similar, so I know how you feel. My first gig there was the “senior architect” we “got” for our project actually turned out to be some contractor they picked up on the side with absolutely no vetting. We rushed to cover for us and hope everything was smooth when they checked in. It felt like I was disingenuous and, honestly, it was a pain in the ass.

I’ve observed it a few times, agencies over promising and inflating invoices, clients in the dark of who is actually on the team, and we caught in the middle. If you’re up for trading tales or getting into the mechanics, how they pitch, set markups, keep the clients blind, let’s share. I learned from a lot of great folks in the trenches and would love to think about: How we turned that chaos into a legit opportunity.