Comments - The Best Recruiter I Ever Had (Didn't Help Me Get A Job) - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-29T14:16:43Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1590703&xn_auth=noZachary, of course I thought…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-09-12:502551:Comment:16027262012-09-12T14:54:56.201ZJason Albahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/JasonAlba875
<p>Zachary, of course I thought the problem was me. And of course I had other issues in my job search. This post was a snippet of one issue... I wrote it in this forum of recruiters to help share one issue that is relevant to recruiters. I have 6 years of writing of my other problems on my JibberJobber blog - problems from strategies, tactics, networking, branding, resumes, etc. </p>
<p>I think Dave recognized and told me something that most other recruiters were too lazy or disinterested to…</p>
<p>Zachary, of course I thought the problem was me. And of course I had other issues in my job search. This post was a snippet of one issue... I wrote it in this forum of recruiters to help share one issue that is relevant to recruiters. I have 6 years of writing of my other problems on my JibberJobber blog - problems from strategies, tactics, networking, branding, resumes, etc. </p>
<p>I think Dave recognized and told me something that most other recruiters were too lazy or disinterested to recognize... and kudos to Dave for risking and actually telling me. I rarely heard from the other recruiters... nothing. They were part of the horrid "resume black hole." </p>
<p>Granted, I didn't understand the recruiter/seeker relationship back then, but to submit and communicate and reach out and just hear crickets in return... seemed very disrespectful.</p>
<p>What I know now is how recruiters work, and how many recruiters are disorganized and frazzled, or completely focused on filling an opening and not have time to babysit and handhold dozens or hundreds of seekers who, like me, didn't understand how the system worked.</p>
<p>In short, my post was just to bring awareness to recruiters who care... and maybe share a perspective from a job seeker that might help them strengthen relationships with their candidates.</p>
<p>Definitely not meant to shift the blame of my failed job search to recruiters.</p> Quite an interesting view on…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-09-12:502551:Comment:16024892012-09-12T12:36:55.034ZZachary Sineshttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/zsines
<p>Quite an interesting view on recruiters. I think that you had a couple of issues with you job search, just based off of what you wrote above, than recruiters being a black hole or they have bad motivators. To play devil's advocate...did you ever think it was you? The last thing I want a candidate to do is submit their resume to 30 agencies. I bet, if you did get a call about a job, you would get that same call 20 times from different firms.</p>
<p>Most firms work reactively, meaning they…</p>
<p>Quite an interesting view on recruiters. I think that you had a couple of issues with you job search, just based off of what you wrote above, than recruiters being a black hole or they have bad motivators. To play devil's advocate...did you ever think it was you? The last thing I want a candidate to do is submit their resume to 30 agencies. I bet, if you did get a call about a job, you would get that same call 20 times from different firms.</p>
<p>Most firms work reactively, meaning they work on orders they get. Your problem is that you focused on mainly reactive firms. If you are as good as you say you are, that is the last direction you should take in looking for a new job. They are just going to cookie cutter fit your resume into openings, rather than come up with a strategy to find you a new role. Firms like mine, TRC, tend to do both reactive and proactive. I will market candidates directly to companies I know they are a fit for, and pass on companies I know they are not. It isn't that I don't make commission...I do. I work smarter and harder, not just harder. You chose the wrong agencies to work with, and to be honest, that is your fault, not the recruiters.</p>
<p>It seems Dave told you what others were unwilling to tell you, which I applaude as well.</p>
<p>If you are ever looking for a job again, DO NOT send your resume all over town like that...gets you a reputation and over redundancy that really is not a good reflection to the agencies working for you...for free mind you :).</p>