Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Rayner of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy and in today's video I'm going to teach
you six tips on how you can successfully work with a recruiter or headhunter in
order to land your next job offer
as a career strategist I've had the honour of being able to help numerous
professionals land their dream job offers and so if this is something that
you're interested in working with me one on one to stand out and get hired I can
give you details about that at the end of this video as a former recruiter or
headhunter myself I know firsthand that there are many professionals out there
who have had fairly good experiences or even amazing experiences working with
recruiters and HUD headhunters to land their job opportunities whereas others
may not have had such a great experience the difference in your experience comes
down to a combination of things and those are things that you can control
and so today I'm going to teach you six tips on how you can successfully work
with an executive recruiter or headhunter in order to land your next
job now before we get into it let's just first clarify what exactly are
headhunters or executive recruiters so executive recruiters and headhunters are
individuals who work for agencies or recruitment firms and they're separate
from the companies that have open job positions so essentially these companies
or organizations the companies that you actually may be interested in applying
to are outsourcing their recruiting duties to a recruitment firm and they're
getting these recruiters are headhunters to find job candidates that are suitable
for the roles that they have open so that means these headhunters or
recruiters have access to a multitude of roles of open opportunities that
different companies have come to them to help them find job candidates for and
one more important point to remember about recruiters and headhunters is a
lot of them tend to work on what's called a contingency basis contingency
meaning that they'll only get paid by the company if they're able to find the
successful candidate and that is one that is going to be hired by the
organization so they get a commission let's say for being able to find the
successful job candidate so you can imagine that recruiters and headhunters
have to really search and scope the entire market to
find that one diamond that one perfect fit for that organization and so they're
dealing with a lot of people at a time but at the same time even though they're
dealing with a lot of people they can still be very helpful to you
specifically in your job search because you might be that diamond that they're
looking for so let's talk about how can executive recruiters and headhunters be
helpful and useful to you recruiters and headhunters are
especially helpful to you if you know how to find them and how to work with
them so let's dive into the six tips on how to successfully work with recruiters
and headhunters to land your next job offer tip number one proactively reach
out to recruiters or headhunters via LinkedIn who recruit in the field you're
looking to get into don't be afraid to reach out to external recruiters and
headhunters because they need to know that you exist so email them LinkedIn
message them call them send them your resume and let them know that you're
interested in the open opportunities that they have available tip number two
know what you're looking for when you get the opportunity to meet with a
recruiter or headhunter don't go into that meeting saying that you are open to
any jobs they have available the worst type of job candidate for headhunters
and recruiters are ones that are open to just any job they have no clear idea of
what it is they want you want any job you'll get no job so know what you want
and make sure that it reasonably lines up with your experience your abilities
your qualifications and be mindful of the job title that you want the salary
the location and the industry make sure that you articulate all of those items
to the recruiter and headhunter so that they have a clear idea of what it is
that they need to find for you tip number three perfect your tell me about
spiel all headhunters or recruiters really want to know is a brief
explanation of your background your skills and what you're able to do and
what type of job fits you next as I said earlier some recruiters aren't
technically specialized in the line of work that you come from so don't get
into the nitty gritty details and start explaining acronyms and things that they
probably won't understand be very concise and
to the point when you're explaining your background to the recruiter and for more
tips on this see my other video called tell me about yourself how to answer
this question tip number four to successfully working with recruiters is
to make sure that your resume and LinkedIn are top-notch you want to give
really good reasons for the headhunter to want to call you back by having a
really attractive and compelling resume and LinkedIn profile as I always say
headhunters recruiters employers they only take 5 to 10 seconds to review your
resume and if they don't see what they're looking for in those first 5 to
10 seconds then you're getting shoved aside so you really want to make sure
that your profile your LinkedIn profile and your resume are top-notch are
attractive and are compelling and if you need help in that department then a good
way to start is to download my 10 ultimate resume hacks to lend you more
interviews and job offers which is located in the link below or you can
review any other resume related videos or LinkedIn profile videos on my channel
and if you've reviewed all of those and you still need help then definitely
check out my course top-notch resume the link is in the description box below tip
number five be open and flexible to both talking and not talking working with a
headhunter means that sometimes they're gonna call you during work hours to tell
you that they got you an interview or that there's an open opportunity
available and they want to ask you about it so if you're still working at a
company while you're searching for a new one you have to be open and flexible to
taking those calls now of course you have to set some guidelines and let the
recruiter know when you're not and you are available but be willing to run off
discreetly to take those phone calls because you never know those
opportunities that they're talking to you about might be the next one for you
now when it comes to not talking if you're finding that the recruiter isn't
calling you back don't take it personally I can tell you from firsthand
experience that there have been times where as a recruiter in the past where I
did not respond to people but that's just simply because I had so many people
reaching out to me and so many profiles to look through so many resumes to look
through that I had to prioritize so if I felt that somebody was not the right
fit for an opportunity they likely didn't hear from me until there was an
opportunity that was the right fit for them so if you're finding you're in that
stage where you're not hearing back from these recruiters well move on to
somebody else or just let it be don't put too much
weight on a recruiter or a headhunter to really help you to find a next position
it's gonna be a matter of luck and timing and if they happen to have
something that is the perfect right fit for you and you've done everything in
your power to sell yourself to them and make sure that they see that you're the
right fit then you'll have a good chance I know
that it's really easy to get upset and blame a recruiter for why you still
don't have a job but you have to remember that their priority is finding
the right fit for the company the company that is going to be paying their
commission and so their priority is to find the person who's the right match
and so if you're not hearing back from them it's likely because you're not the
right match so then you have to be really honest with yourself and you have
to ask yourself what is it about me that is not the right match for what they're
looking for if it's a technical thing they really wanted a certain type of
technical experience then leave it at that okay it just so happens I don't
have that experience or if it's that you've gone on interviews for that
opportunity and you didn't get the job you have to ask yourself deeper
questions as to I think I was the right fit for the position but maybe there was
something else maybe it was my communication maybe it was something in
the way I presented myself in the interview and you have to be willing to
make adjustments within yourself and in order to successfully get the next job
the next time that something comes around and this ties in to tip number
six which is to be honest if you are seriously looking for a new position let
the recruiter know but if you're not that serious and you just want to hear
what opportunities are available also let the recruiter know you're only doing
a disservice for yourself and the recruiter when you're wasting each
other's time by looking at opportunities that you'll never consider anyways being
dishonest will cause you to lose credibility with anyone and that
includes recruiters so you really want to be careful of that so there you have
it my six tips on how to work with the recruiter
so that you can land your next job opportunity now if you've been in this
situation where you've been working with recruiters you've been searching on your
own you've been going on interviews and nothing has been successful and you're
ready to make a career change then feel free to reach out to me head on over to
my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the page if
you feel that you're ready for one-on-one professional help then I can
definitely help you you just have to fill out the application form and from
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much for watching and I see you in the next video