Well, no wonder. Daddy taught me not to mess with Texas! ;)
Paul-Thanks for additional comment. I think we agree that much is due to perception rather than reality.
As you know Frank, we can't make everyone happy. In fact, sometimes we're only making 1 out of every 100 or more people happy. The rest believe we're callous, uncaring, idiotic, couldn't recognize "talent" if it hit us between the eyes, etc.
What are we supposed to do when we read a resume of a person who is an "Account Manger" or describes themselves as an "Excell" expert?
Dunno, guess I suck too...
Like I said in another thread - I just don't run into "you all suck" in my daily course of business. At the same time the simple fact that other may gives me a warm/tingly feeling.
I'm not in the business of polishing our general reputation. Only mine. A heart-felt "I'm sorry" goes out to those in recruiting that need it I guess. But what are we supposed to do?
How about: Do what we say we will do. Tell the truth. Charge a fair price. Honor our agreements. Pay attention to the details. Don't expect others to do our work. The list of "how to not suck" is pretty long - but all fairly straight forward.
I love this read, and let me begin by saying most of the people I run into on this forum DO NOT SUCK. However, let us not take the public perception lightly. Perception is reality and for those that do see the profession as a shallow grave for low end bottom feeders, that might never change and you will never get business from those clients.
But playing the devil's advocate for just a moment...why do they think this? Is it because they get 100 calls a day for people offering the same service? Is it because they see no value in what we do? Could it be there is such a low level barrier to entry in the industry that it makes for clients being exposed to the most junior in our field and having a poor experience? Or might it be, just maybe that when exposed to the big nationals (and their 200% annual turnover) they simply look at the industry and say forget it?
Think as a client and what would you think?
If you look at surveys that come up with Most Trusted Professions or Least, the common thread in the most trusted ones are those who have People's best interest (firefighters, nurses, doctors, armed forces).
As a recruiting professional, if you truly have the jobseekers best interest, you should have nothing to worry, Just my 2 cents.
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