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Permalink Reply by Ian R McAllister on August 19, 2008 at 11:48am

Dom,

As Maren says - Welcome!

Headhunting is about networking with people in the target industry. It hence helps if you have a background in that industry and an address book with telephone numbers to call to see if they "know" of someone. But don't worry if you don't, just build a suitable network.

I have a few contact in that industry, and happy to chat through a few "how to develop your UK network" ideas should you want to.

Good Luck!

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Permalink Reply by Dominic Sutherland on August 19, 2008 at 11:56am

Firstly i would like to say many thanks for your time in reading and replying.
This is going to sound silly, but when you talk about a UK network, do you mean my client list...
Any help would be much appreciated; when you say contacts could you discuss this further with me.

I really do appreciate any help

Ian R McAllister said:

Dom,

As Maren says - Welcome!

Headhunting is about networking with people in the target industry. It hence helps if you have a background in that industry and an address book with telephone numbers to call to see if they "know" of someone. But don't worry if you don't, just build a suitable network.

I have a few contact in that industry, and happy to chat through a few "how to develop your UK network" ideas should you want to.

Good Luck!

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Permalink Reply by Ian R McAllister on August 19, 2008 at 12:19pm

You need two lists - one client, and one source. Any organisation that becomes a client you don't recruit from (unless you are doing the clients HR Director a favour and getting rid of a difficult employee; or one they want you to replace - so you create the gap); and any organisation that doesn't become a client is a source for you!

You need a network on both sides of the house - clearly there are in most organisation fewer clients than source points, and source points could be individuals you happen to find and they are happy to help.

A quick search notes you are not on many of the well known business SN's - LinkedIn for example which is where I "met" Maren, and now follow on Twitter! You need to change that quickly to start building particularly the source side of your network. Send me over a PM with a suitable eMail address and I can then invite you and give you the promised introductions.

Dominic Sutherland said:

Firstly i would like to say many thanks for your time in reading and replying.
This is going to sound silly, but when you talk about a UK network, do you mean my client list...
Any help would be much appreciated; when you say contacts could you discuss this further with me.

I really do appreciate any help

Ian R McAllister said:

Dom,

As Maren says - Welcome!

Headhunting is about networking with people in the target industry. It hence helps if you have a background in that industry and an address book with telephone numbers to call to see if they "know" of someone. But don't worry if you don't, just build a suitable network.

I have a few contact in that industry, and happy to chat through a few "how to develop your UK network" ideas should you want to.

Good Luck!

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