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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Experience with Recruiters/Headhunters
Recently I have been receiving a lot of phone calls from recruiting agencies and headhunters as I am getting to that point in my career at a Big 4 firm that I'm starting to become marketable. Although I'm not looking to leave my job, I am open to hearing what they have to say.
So what should I expect my experience to be like (even though I know it can vary person to person, industry to industry)? Is it normal that people feel them out to see what they have to say? Any advice and experiences would be much appreciated.
So what should I expect my experience to be like (even though I know it can vary person to person, industry to industry)? Is it normal that people feel them out to see what they have to say? Any advice and experiences would be much appreciated.
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Re: Experience with Recruiters/Headhunters
So far my experience has been such that I emailed the recruiter when I saw a job posting on their site, after not hearing back, sending another email, contacting her, I finally heard back two weeks later, then met with her, did a half an hour interview, she asked me what I was looking for..what I am open to? my expectations I had (full time, contract..) Then if something comes up and she sees that I am a great fit she'd call me. She called me once for a job after that I thought was just okay, not a great fit, but duable, I told her it was alright to submit me...I didn't hear back, I followed up and was told that the position was filled and hopefully something else will come up and she'll call me. I'm understanding that they're very busy and they only contact you if they see a posting that is a good match with your background...
I'm also told that it helps if you build a connection with them, they're more willing to keep in touch and want to help you.
This article has interesting tips. I found it when I was new to the recruiters and was trying to learn about it. I know it's about recruiters in the IT industry and some unhappy people, I personally am still hopefull that when the right job comes up my recruiter will be able to help me in the process so I am not necessarily bitter like some of these people...SKIP THE ARTICLE UNTIL half way down the page and go down to middle, the title of the post is "turn the table of them" seems like that person has had a lot of experience with recruiters and gives specific advice so hopefully you can find it helpful.
http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/6-149222-1590345
This exactly. I hate recruiters have job hunting over the winter. I would email constantly about jobs and most of them never hear back. I know they have to weed through resumes, but according to the descriptions I was qualified. The very few jobs they told me about either were entry level and didn't pay near what I wanted, or I went on a few interviews but was never offered a position.
There was even one job I emailed and eventually called about. The lady said it had been filled but yet it was still posted a month after that. So I think half those advertisements on job sites are fake just to get you to come in the door and meet with them.
It was kind of funny though that after I did finally find a job (on my own) I got calls from 3 different recruiters asking if I was still looking. I didn't even respond to their calls. I'm sure the jobs weren't worth it anyway.
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