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Isn't it better to let a recruitment company do the hard work for you? In a technical job market there are recruitment consultants that know all of the compani

Isn't it better to let a recruitment company do the hard work for you? In a technical job market there are recruitment consultants that know all of the companies, what might work for you and where there might be a need. In my experience they do provide a very good service. However, we tend to dislike them when they are not needed so we might overlook them as our first point of call.

chadillac 13y ago
A company like "Glass Door" perhaps?
auctiontheory 13y ago
Isn't it better to let a recruitment company do the hard work for you? If you want to entrust your professional future to someone who doesn't understand the work you do and whose interests aren't necessarily aligned with yours, sure. Recruiters aren't all bad - they can be one prong of your job-search strategy. (I just found a great startup job through a recruiter.) But don't put them in charge. And read Ask The Headhunter.
- mooreds 13y ago
  Plus one for reading Nick (the author of 'Ask the Headhunter': http://asktheheadhunter.com/ http://asktheheadhunter.com/ The site has been 'online since 1995' and looks like it, but has a wealth of advice for taking control of your destiny when looking for a new job. This is my favorite piece on how to interview: http://asktheheadhunter.com/basics5.htm http://asktheheadhunter.com/basics5.htm
- edwhitesell 13y ago
  There are also a number of people looking for jobs who simply refuse to use recruiters/headhunters. Most just need to fill a quota. It's very rare to find one who truly wants to find the right job for you.
- moron4hire 13y ago
  "Recruiters aren't all bad" I keep hearing it, but I haven't really ever seen it.
  - auctiontheory 13y ago
    Recruiting is a huge industry. They are obviously not all bad or useless. Most small companies simply cannot afford to employ a full-time in-house recruiter. If you were running a startup, with a thousand things to do daily, you too would outsource the basic search and screening function.
  - kika 13y ago
    I used some good recruiters, as an employer.
lsc 13y ago
>In a technical job market there are recruitment consultants that know all of the companies, what might work for you and where there might be a need. In my experience they do provide a very good service. However, we tend to dislike them when they are not needed so we might overlook them as our first point of call. wait, really? There exist recruitment consultants who are paid by the employee, and not the employer? I mean, I'm mostly asking 'cause I kinda want that job. I think I'd be good at it; I have a pretty good track record of getting my friends jobs. Hell, I'd show up for the interview. (If you are talking about the regular kind of recruiters, who are paid by the hiring company... that's a very different thing. They can be useful, but you need to remember who they actually work for.)

chadillac 13y ago

A company like "Glass Door" perhaps?

auctiontheory 13y ago

Isn't it better to let a recruitment company do the hard work for you? If you want to entrust your professional future to someone who doesn't understand the work you do and whose interests aren't necessarily aligned with yours, sure. Recruiters aren't all bad - they can be one prong of your job-search strategy. (I just found a great startup job through a recruiter.) But don't put them in charge. And read Ask The Headhunter.

mooreds 13y ago
Plus one for reading Nick (the author of 'Ask the Headhunter': http://asktheheadhunter.com/ http://asktheheadhunter.com/ The site has been 'online since 1995' and looks like it, but has a wealth of advice for taking control of your destiny when looking for a new job. This is my favorite piece on how to interview: http://asktheheadhunter.com/basics5.htm http://asktheheadhunter.com/basics5.htm
edwhitesell 13y ago
There are also a number of people looking for jobs who simply refuse to use recruiters/headhunters. Most just need to fill a quota. It's very rare to find one who truly wants to find the right job for you.
moron4hire 13y ago
"Recruiters aren't all bad" I keep hearing it, but I haven't really ever seen it.
- auctiontheory 13y ago
  Recruiting is a huge industry. They are obviously not all bad or useless. Most small companies simply cannot afford to employ a full-time in-house recruiter. If you were running a startup, with a thousand things to do daily, you too would outsource the basic search and screening function.
- kika 13y ago
  I used some good recruiters, as an employer.

lsc 13y ago

>In a technical job market there are recruitment consultants that know all of the companies, what might work for you and where there might be a need. In my experience they do provide a very good service. However, we tend to dislike them when they are not needed so we might overlook them as our first point of call. wait, really? There exist recruitment consultants who are paid by the employee, and not the employer? I mean, I'm mostly asking 'cause I kinda want that job. I think I'd be good at it; I have a pretty good track record of getting my friends jobs. Hell, I'd show up for the interview. (If you are talking about the regular kind of recruiters, who are paid by the hiring company... that's a very different thing. They can be useful, but you need to remember who they actually work for.)