Job Seeker Questions

Working as a recruiter can be challenging.  There are so many people out there who have had “experiences” with recruiters; they are reluctant to trust another one.

I find myself explaining why recruiters have done some of the things they have done and why I don’t do some of these same things.

So a series of blogs are forming.  Questions I have been asked.  If you have a question you would like a candid response to, please email me at nancy@calm-water.com and it may be featured in a future blog.

Scenario:

A job seeker doesn’t want to share his or her resume with me because:  they are afraid it will end up being presented for a job they don’t want.  Or for a job with a company they already applied for, interviewed with and turned down.  Or, and this is the worst case scenario…their resume is presented to their current employer.  (Yes, I have seen it happen.  No it wasn’t me who did that).

Why do these things happen?

Many people with a strong sales background get into recruiting thinking “How hard can this be? I’m selling employees instead of widgets and I’m good at sales.”

Many of the people with the strong sales backgrounds are truly good at sales.  They are competitive and recruiting is a highly competitive business.  The recruiter, who submits the resume FIRST, is the one who gets paid (assuming that person is hired).  If you take the time to talk to the candidate, some other recruiter is submitting that same resume before you and you are out of luck.

Why I don’t do this:

First, I’ve had my resume submitted for jobs I did not want, in areas that I would not commute to and also once to a company where I had friends working and I knew it was about to move to another State.

Second, and more importantly, I cannot sleep at night if I even think I’m doing something to jeopardize someone’s job search.

There are good and bad in every profession.  Just be sure you work with someone you can trust.