Working with Recruiters: 7 Tips to maximize on your relationship with headhunters
You interact with recruiters (or popularly known as headhunters) on every job search. As a third party other than employer and employee they play a crucial role in linking the two. Here are seven tips on maximizing on your relationship with them:
1. Be Professional – How you work with recruiter is usually good indication of how you are likely work with your employer. Recruiters observe your style of relating to them as one of your qualifications, so they will report their impressions to the prospective hiring company.
2. Be Honest & Forthright – Truthfully report your qualifications, experience, job-search efforts & results. Detail all of your requirements and preferences about salary, relocation or other factors that are important to you. Recruiters share your interest in placing you in a career that could improve your life. Be honest so they can be effective.
3. Be Committed – Follow through with what you agree to. Be committed to knowing what you want, saying what you mean, and doing what you say.
4. Be Proactive – Call recruiter to know each other & send your resume to our database. You may not be looking for a job right now, but it will be to your advantage to have your resume with headhunters. You never know when we might have available that ideal job opportunity that would be an improvement over the job you currently have.
5. Be Prepared – Prepare for the interview by thoroughly reading the information recruiters provide and by researching the company.
6. Be Cooperative – Regardless of past experiences you may have had with recruiters, take them seriously. The process can be exciting & rewarding when you cooperate with a recruiter you like and respect.
7. Be Patient – Recruiters know how frustrating it can be to search for a job. Nevertheless, finding the perfect company offering the right opportunity, career advancement, challenge and security does take time. It can take days, weeks, months or even longer. So be patient — headhunters / recruiters have your best interests their mind.
This article is contributed by Indian Recruiters Directory (www.indianrecruitersdirectory.com). Indian Recruiters Directory is a database of recruiters, headhunters, staffing firms and recruiting agencies in India. This free website provides comprehensive list of recruiters & placement agencies in India.
