The following is part one of a four part series discussing the value of incorporating a Recruiter to assist in your job search.
Even if you consider yourself a seasoned veteran when it comes to finding employment and have never used outside help in the past, incorporating a Recruiter into your job search process can be very beneficial for the following reasons.
Recruiters will bring the jobs to you.
Now nothing in life is completely free, although the investment needed in this case is a 20-30 minute conversation with a Recruiter so that they can understand your background, motivations and career goals.
After that, it is the job of the Recruiter to take that information and match it up to available positions all while you get back to your daily life without having to aimlessly apply into the applicant tracking systems of various companies.
Recruiters can provide you with market insight.
Are you being paid less than the current market for your given position? Is your company’s PTO policy significantly less than others? Is there an exciting growth opportunity in the local market that you are not aware of?
The Recruiter’s job is to stay on top of these trends and they can educate you to help make sure that you have an understanding of how you fit into the current job market, while also providing insight you can eventually use in future salary negotiations.
Recruiters can represent your interests confidentially.
Job boards are great places to post your resume to be contacted for possible opportunities although chances are that your current employer also has access to those same job boards and could run into your resume while they are on the hunt for a new co-worker with similar skill sets to you.
Rather than having to post your resume and worry that it might end up on the desk of your Manager, making the Recruiter aware that you are searching confidentially will help ensure that the position is being vetted for you and your resume is not being thrown around town leading to finding yourself in a potentially awkward conversation with your current employer.
Recruiters will give you a free resume review.
There are thousands of people who will review and edit your resume for a fee, although no reputable Recruiter wants to present a disorganized or lacking resume to a Hiring Manager. It is the job of a Recruiter to make your profile look professional so because of this, most Recruiters will at least take the time to clean up and format your resume and provide suggestions that you might not have thought of to help your resume stand out against all of the others.
After all, Recruiters spend a good amount of their day reviewing resume after resume so who would be better than a Recruiter to provide insight and make changes that fit the best practices of the candidates they see being hired by their Hiring Managers?
Benefits of Working with a Recruiter
In the end many people will say that they have never needed a Recruiter in the past and do not see the point of working with one now, especially after the possibility that they have heard negative stories from friends or co-workers.
My advice is to give working with a Recruiter a chance. Trust me, the honest 20 minute conversation with your chosen Recruiter is well worth the time and will also challenge you to look at what you might not like about your current situation and what exactly your long term career goals are.
Hopefully this post will help encourage some readers to give working with a Recruiter a chance. If you have decided to incorporate a Recruiter into your job search toolbox, keep an eye out for part two of this series discussing the next step in the process, where to find the Recruiter to represent you.
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