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How do I find a recruiter to assist me in my career search?
I live in Atlanta and work in the HR/Training field.
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- Go to school you went to and talk to a counselor. They should be able to help you.
- Typically by word of mouth, you could also look in the yellow pages (online) searching under recruiter or employment agency. If you are in Southern California I would be happy to give you some names and numbers. Also, what type of work are you in?
- Employment or Staffing agencies. Make sure you ask if they are involve in your field of search. Most of the time they are diverse but some are specifically for certain type of work such clerical or medical. If you attend college they should also have a Career dept. where counselors and recruiters may be able to assist you with your employment search. Good luck in your endeavor.
- Here are a few things you can do Visit the SHRM website in atlanta and look for staffing companies that specialize in HR www.shrmatlanta.org get on Ruthie's List (mailing list for HR/recruiters, they list jobs etc) Do a search in (yahoo Groups) for Ruthie's List (I am at work and we have it blocked, or I would provide a URL) Hope this helps!
- I would second the suggestion for Ruthie's list, and the one for SHRM, but I would question the premise of finding a recruiter to get you a job in the first place. Reputable recruiters work for theie client companies and get paid to fill positions, not find jobs for people. Recruiters who specialize in finding jobs for people will probably charge and, frankly, I would never, ever, ever pay a recruiter to help find a job. I don't think it is ethical on their part since they are probably ALSO charging the client. Outside of the scam artists who will charge you to help you, when you contact a recruiter you're basically wasting his/her time and distracting them from their real job unless they just happen to be trying to fill a position you are right for (unlikely) or you have a very unique and in-demand skill set (not that likely in HR). Instead of trying to go the recruiter route, I would recommend go the traditional job search route. a) cover the easy bases - do the job board postings and set up the search agents. Sometimes these things work. Usually they don't. b) find the companies you would really want to work for and post your resume directly to their web site even if they don't have a job match. That gets you in their database where you can be found. Then set up search agents to let you know immediately when a perfect job opens up for you. Timing does count. Once a recruiter has "enough" good resumes they will stop looking at new ones. Make notes of everywhere you post your resume and refresh them every two weeks. Recruiters usually start mining for resumes that have been posted recently because the older a resume, the less likely the candidate is still looking. c) Having done those basics, do the part that will actually get you a job. The networking. You can find plenty of advice on Monster and elsewhere on how to do effective employment networking, but the basics are to make a list of decision makers, make a list of the people you know, and then start networking to find the people your contacts know, who might know the decision-makers. Never tell them you are looking for a job, but rather tell them that you are trying to find out more about a company, a type of position, an industry, etc. d) If you don't use LinkedIn.com, start. e) When you find the job, don't make the mistake so many people make and shut down your network. ALWAYS network. Not to find a job, but just to have a large community of people you stay in touch with on occassion. As you do good work and build your career, you'll find that companies start networking "backwards" to find you. f) This really could be a). Don't ever get discouraged in your job search. There are millions of jobs and millions of candidates and the employment market is so bloody inefficient that if the stock market worked as poorly we'd all still be driving horses and buggies. When you don't get calls, or later when you do get interviews but don't get jobs, remember that not getting a call or a job rarely reflects on you, and almost always just means that at that particular time and place in the universe, there was at least one person better suited for that one job than you were. Everybody gets a job sooner or later, and if they work hard at it and have good skills, usually it is sooner.
