Mistakes That People Make When Working
With A Recruiter
By Carl Mueller
I began working as a recruiter in 2000 around
the time that the dot com bubble started bursting
and shortly after companies had exceeded their
Y2K budgets and had no money to hire new staff.
It wasn’t the best time to be looking for
a new job (especially if you were an IT professional)
and it was even worse to be someone who tried
to get paid to get people hired.
Working with a recruiter is a great way to
supplement your job search. Obviously I’m
biased because I’m a recruiter but the fact
is that good recruiters add value and help
people get jobs.
If you are going to work with a recruiter,
you simply need to adhere to a few common
sense rules in order to get the benefits
associated with working with a recruiter.
Here are the most common mistakes that
people make when working with a recruiter
that you should avoid doing:
1. Don’t plaster your resume on every
Internet job board you come across. Recruiters
get paid when they introduce a suitable
job candidate to a company and that person
gets hired by the company. Recruiters
find it difficult to help you find a job
if your resume is already public domain
and is easily found on the Internet by
employers. Employers often use Internet
job boards and generally won’t pay a recruiter
for a candidate who they could have found
themselves so if you are planning on placing
your resume online, expect that some recruiters
will not work with you.
2. Don’t lie. Specifically, don’t lie
about how much money you are currently
earning, don’t lie about why you left
your last job, don’t lie about your job
title or responsibilities, don’t lie about
what companies you’ve already applied
to, don’t lie about the degree that you
don’t actually have because you are two
credits short, etc. If you expect a recruiter
to be honest with you, you need to be
honest with them. The first time I find
a job searcher lying is the last time
I work with them.
3. Don’t rely on a recruiter to get you
a job. A recruiter gets paid by the employer
not by you. Most recruiters work on contingency
which means they only get paid when their
client hires one of their candidates.
The job of a recruiter isn’t to get you
a job, it’s to get the job filled regardless
of whether it’s you or someone else. If
you use a recruiter(s), ensure you are
using them to supplement your job search
not to lead it.
4. Don’t work with recruiters who are
incompetent. Some recruiters aren’t that
good. Learn to tell the difference between
a good one and a bad one. Signs that your
recruiter is not very good:
You live in the same city as the recruiter
and they don’t ask you to meet them in
their office for a face to face interview
They fire off your resume to their clients
after speaking with you on the phone for
only a few minutes without first meeting
you or really getting to know you.
They send your resume to companies without
first asking for your permission.
They ask you to lie on your resume to
make it appear better than it is.
They don’t help you prepare for interviews
and don’t provide any value with regards
to learning more about a company you are
interviewing with.
Carl Mueller is an Internet entrepreneur
and professional recruiter who wants to
help you find your dream career.
Visit Carl's website to separate yourself
from other job searchers: http://www.find-your-dream-career.com
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Carl’s free 5-day course: http://www.find-your-dream-career.com/effective-career-planner.html
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