Several weeks ago, I posted the article "An Easy Checklist To Qualify Recruiters" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/easy-checklist-qualify-recruiters-adam-karpiakand it received a lot of feedback. While some of the messages were from candidates thanking me, I received quite a few emails from recruiters jokingly suggesting I create a checklist to qualify candidates. At first I laughed, totally understanding their point: As frustrating as working with a recruiter can be, it's no picnic from the other side either. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. After all, almost every day I get an email or LinkedIn message asking the most basic recruiting questions from candidates. "Does it cost me anything?" "I'm sorry, should I have told you I interviewed there yesterday before I had you send the resume today...I figured it would show them how interested I was!" "I've never worked with a recruiter before. You guys are just like car salesmen anyway. How hard is it to find a job anyway?" *NOTE* That last quote occurred approximately one year ago. The individual is still unemployed and sends me a resume almost every week. But I digress...
After two weeks, I finally figured it out. I needed to come up with a checklist for candidates, but from a recruiter's point of view. A list of questions to help candidates determine if they truly are ready for "the recruiter experience." Anyone can shoot a resume off to a recruiter, but to really be successful, to really find that dream job, it takes effort. It takes a little homework. And it takes a whole lot of honesty and trust: An uncomfortable idea I know. If you want to find a new job with the help of a recruiter, you have to do it the right way. The same way that candidates just can't stand recruiters that take shortcuts, don't return calls, and otherwise seem to work when they want to, candidates have to be willing to do what it takes. Without further ado, here is a list of what candidates can do to be the Best Candidate They Can Be or "The 40 Things Recruiters REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY Need Candidates To Do To Make This Worth Everyone's Time."
This is a series of questions designed to show you exactly how a successful partnership with a recruiter SHOULD go. You have to go "all in" for your search. It requires faith in your recruiter, which I admit can be scary. But if you find the right recruiter who also goes "all in," your time and effort will be rewarded handsomely. *DISCLAIMER* Due to margin of error *cough*clients*cough*, both you and your recruiter can do every little thing perfectly and still have something go horribly HORRIBLY wrong. Hence the occasional dark void when you look into a recruiter's eyes and/or a candidate's propensity to have uncontrollable fits of cursing at the mere mention of recruiters. It happens.
If you have any questions or are curious about any of the above questions, just ask! Shoot me an email at akarpiak@karpiakconsulting.com
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For more about me, please visit www.karpiakconsulting.com or www.linkedin.com/in/akarpiak I am always looking to network with good professionals that share my values in recruiting, so shoot me an invite!
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