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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 wo
by 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 agoPlus 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 agoThere 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 agoRecruiting 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 agoI used some good recruiters, as an employer.