RecruitingBlogscom

Follow Us:

What makes me a Smart Recruiter

Want to be a smart recruiter? Do the OPPOSITE of this!

  • Fling resumes at job orders without talking to candidates. Clients LOVE receiving unqualified resumes and Candidates Love having their resume sent to companies without your permission.
  • Submit candidate resumes to clients without qualifying them.
  • Do NOT under ANY circumstances waste your time keeping the submitted candidate apprised of the status of the job order!
  • And for heaven's sake, don't return phone calls or emails to those candidates you can't do anything with today but might have something for in the near or far future.
  • Don't even think about being proactive with a really good candidate's resume. If a client doesn't tell you about an opening, it means they don't have an opening now or in the pipeline!
  • You don't need to prepare your candidates prior to a phone screen with a client. It's just a phone screen, right?
  • It really doesn't matter what the "culture" of the team or company is like, if the candidate has the needed skills and experience, the soft skills don't matter.

    All Joking aside (thought I'd be crazy for a few minutes for fun...hope you enjoyed it!)

    I am a Smart Recruiter because I keep in touch with my candidates to keep them apprised of the status of the position, interviews, their competition and prepare them for the client interviews prior to a phone interview or in person interview. So many of my candidates and clients are truly appreciative when an effortis made, no matter how small to keep in touch.

    Their main complaint with "recruiters" whether agency or corporate - is that they are not aware of the outcome of their interview or resume submittal from another recruiter. How crazy is that? What kind of relationship is being built for future opportunities?

    I truly believe that communication is the key ingredient to a client/candidate/recruiter relationship. Without that, all else is just flinging resumes.

Views: 31

Tags: Recruiter, Smart, smartrecruiter

Comment by Faisal Javed on December 30, 2008 at 1:49pm
Nice and interesting, I like your presentation.

Regards,
Comment by PJ Cunningham on December 30, 2008 at 2:19pm
Thank you Faisal!
Comment by Jody Stedman, CPC on December 31, 2008 at 8:28pm
Excellent job! I liked it...very creative...u r a smart recruiter...awesome! Happy New Year. I wish u have more success in 2009 than you can imagine. If I can be of any help feel free to reach out me...many thanks. JS
Comment by Katy McGovern on January 6, 2009 at 2:19pm
Know of a good recruiter in the Dallas area? I am in medical sales. Katy
Comment by PJ Cunningham on January 25, 2009 at 12:39pm
Hmm, I don't know of anyone immediately but may run across someone in my network... thanks for asking and I will certainly see who may be looking.

Comment

You need to be a member of RecruitingBlogs to add comments!

Join RecruitingBlogs

Recruiting Communities

Featured Partner

Member Offers

TribeHR - Advanced Applicant Tracking - Social Recruiting, Custom Job Boards, Hire Faster - Get star

Blogs Trending Now...

1. Why "Temp to Direct" is the worst way to go

Added by Jerry Albright on May 15, 2013

2. Suck it up princess. This is as good as it gets

Added by Greg Savage on May 14, 2013

3. Why more recruiters should be using Google Plus

Added by Amanda Ashworth on May 8, 2013

4. 10 Things Every Recruiter Can Learn From Willie Nelson

Added by Will Thomson on May 8, 2013

5. Generalization Fatigue

Added by Amy Ala on May 7, 2013

Sponsor


eVoice 30-Day Free Trial

Groups

© 2013   Created by RecruitingBlogs.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

scroll to the top