Good Recruiter, Bad Recruiter

I recently read an article from Yahoo! HotJobs, titled, “Recruiters Reveal Pet Peeves About Job Seekers.” The question is, “What is your biggest pet peeve about job seekers today?” I wonder if there is site for job seekers biggest pet peeves about recruiters? I’ve had some pretty bad experiences with recruiters and some good ones too. Below, I’ve listed my top ten pet peeves about recruiters. Usually, this pertains to smaller companies rather than large companies.

My Top Ten Pet Peeves about Recruiters:

1. They withhold benefit information.
2. They withhold salary information or how it is paid out. For example, W-2, versus salaried, versus 1099.
3. They set up interviews you are not qualified to fill, leaving you and the hiring manger surprised and wasting both your time.
4. They call you all the time and keep in touch, but never produce a position.
5. They call you once, then never follow-up.

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How Do You Apply For Jobs Online? 9 Ideas to Get You Started!

Applying for jobs online seems easy enough, but are you following through to the finish? Hopefully, you’re not one of those job seekers who apply online, again and again, and never follow up with your online application. There are steps you can take to make sure you are the “squeaky wheel” and get noticed. Actually, you’re striving to be the shiny wheel that get’s noticed and called on for an interview. There are ways to follow-up with human resource managers and recruiters, below I’ll show you how to apply, follow-up and get an interview.

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Asking For the Position Using Sales Techniques

Learning to ask for the position is a must in today’s job market. Asking for the position lets your future employer know that you want the job. You are not begging, and your are not pleading…you are professionally, and confidently, asking to join their team. I would assume that you just might be the only candidate, during the interview process, that has the confidence to ask for the position! During my past interviews, I’ve asked for the position, this is what I’ve been told by interviewers:

1. You are the only person who asked for the job, thank you.
2. We are looking for someone who really wants to join our team.
3. No one else has asked for the position today, but you.

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Getting a Job in Times of Recession

Author: Gail Kenny

You can’t open a newspaper or switch on the news at the moment without hearing about the economic downturn that the whole of the western world is suffering from. Hardly any sectors are immune, and many companies are making redundancies in order to stay afloat. The worst part of this is that companies often slow their recruiting, and there are far more people competing for the smaller number of jobs.
 
It can seem hopeless, but having spent a long period of my life in online travel recruitment, I like to think I’ve learned a few tips to help you find work – even in times of recession:
 
Be Focused
 
If you have recently lost your job, you can end up panicking and being tempted to apply with a standard CV to anything and everything. This isn’t a good strategy, and can lead to further despondency (if you’re applying for jobs that you’re not qualified for, or have no experience of, then the likelihood is you’ll never hear back and consider it a slight against yourself.)
 
Instead of using this shotgun approach, take time to pick the jobs that you want the most and the ones that you are best suited to. Then, take the time to tailor your CV to each application and make sure that you meet all of the requirements that are listed on the ad in your CV and/or covering letter. Don’t make them read between the lines and be explicit with it, or you’ll risk blending in with thousands of other job seekers with similar skills. The truth is that if you send a generic CV to every employer you end up being an average fit to everyone, but a great fit to no one.
 
Don’t fall back on the idea that the number of applications you make is a ‘score’ of how well you’re doing. 5-10 tailored applications to targeted jobs every week are far more likely to pay dividends than 50-100!

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