As you know, Recruiters don’t always have the best name/reputation in the business. There are “used car salesman” recruiters that give honest recruiters a bad name and a bad rap. But if I do the little things, with my fellow recruiters and my candidates, I am changing that view, one conversation at a time.
I try to keep in contact with old candidates. I network with them. I communicate and partner with them. I may not have the right job for them today but you never know what will be open tomorrow. Staying in contact with candidates also helps me get candidate referrals. Good candidates always seem to know other good candidates.
If I am unable to help a candidate today and they need a job – ASAP, I refer them to other recruiters. You never know who may be able to help them. Networking and sharing candidates, ideas, procedures with other recruiters, will make me a better recruiter and a better person. And it helps the candidate who needs that job.
Networking and sharing helps me identify the candidates and recruiters, who I want to partner with. Are there Recruiters who help me and give me new ideas? Of course there is. Are there Recruiters who do not share? Yep, there are those also. The ones that share and network, I feel will also be successful.
In short – there are a lot of good people out there and enough knowledge and networking to go around. Try it and pay it forward.
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