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by Jason Alba (recruitingblogs.com)
In my job search, six years ago, I thought I knew what recruiters were for: to get me a job.
I thought it was your job to take my resume and find that perfect fit for me. I found 30 local recruiters and shared my resume with them, sure they would be wowed, impressed, and fall all over themselves to place me so they could get a fat commission.
Sound familiar? Read more »
From working with recruiters for more than 20 years, I‘ve observed many styles and variations in their recruiting work habits. Some are hunters, some are farmers, and yes, some are clueless. But they all have the same goal: to make hires. I’ve seen some good practices that have been made apparent to me over the years. Read more »
By Alison Green
A reader writes:
I recently responded to a job listing on a recruiter’s website. I was called in for an interview, which consisted of me sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half to talk to someone for three minutes, in which I pretty much just read her my resume. Read more »
By Morgan Hoogvelt
When I attend career fairs, hiring conferences, recruiting events, or through conversations with prospective candidates, I keep learning that the wrong people are attending these events and working as recruiters. As I walked the room at a recent career fair, prior to the event starting, I sought to introduce myself to some of the other company representatives. I was surprised that many of them were unable to communicate at a level that would properly represent their company. Read more »
by Wall Street Job Report
A man we’ll call Robert has a profile on the employment website Monster.com, and earlier today he received a message from a recruiter about a job in “beautiful Northwest Arkansas.”
Robert’s Monster.com profile clearly states that he is only interested in jobs in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Read more »
(This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing. These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.)
Reason #5: Offering contract staffing would distract me from my direct business
Contrary to popular belief, there is no reason that a recruiter should have to choose between direct and contract. As we discussed in the previous post,contract job orders don’t take a lot of extra time if you use a contract staffing back-office for your contract placements. Read more »
(This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing. These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.)
Reason #4: I don’t have time to deal with the hassles of contract staffing
Many recruiters believe that having contractors is going to cost them a lot of extra time and is going to cause them nothing but headaches. Well, if they are planning to handle all of their own back-office tasks, they could be right. Read more »
(This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing. These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.)
Reason #3: I don’t want to learn a new process
One of the biggest misconceptions about contracting is that you have to learn a whole new process to be able to do it. Read more »
