The most important decisions you will
make in your career are decisions relating to people. Who do you want
to work for? And when you’re in a position to hire, who will do the
best job for you? What is a recruiter? Searching for a job or making
a career transition can be a very frustrating and stressful time in
your life. Understanding the recruiter process and what recruiters
can do is crucial to managing your career.
Recruitment is the act or business of
recruiting. A recruiter is an individual who looks for individuals of
outstanding ability to be part of an organization. Originally the
term recruiter was suited to enlisting in the armed services but
today the term recruiter has expanded considerably.
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What is the role
of an Executive recruiter?
Executive recruiters try to ensure
prompt responses, personalized attention, and maximum results for
clients. Pointers for a good working relationship with an executive
recruiter:
- Have an honest two-way
communication with your recruiter – miscommunication is the most
common problem with an executive recruiter. Be honest with your
executive recruiter and trust the executive recruiter 100%
withholding nothing regarding job information, company interviewing
and simultaneous use of multiple executive recruiters so efforts
are not duplicated between the recruiters.
- Although your resume is your
property, notification and discretion with the flexibility of this
document provides success through your executive recruiter.
Notification from your executive recruiter regarding submission of
your resume on your behalf is necessary.
- Too many recruiters could cause
conflicts and interviewing problems. Conversely a good executive
recruiter should represent one candidate per job at a time. Be
honest up front and discuss the opportunity of multiple recruiters.
Executive recruiters sometimes require
a percentage once their clients are placed, some executive recruiters
require a minimum number of job postings, some executive recruiters
demand long-term contracts, some executive recruiters charge up-front
costs. The executive recruiter should structure his focus around
customer satisfaction.
- The successful executive recruiter
provides flexibility as an important component. Flexible executive
recruiters also allow a selection of options that best suits the
client’s needs.
- Executive recruiters should deliver
results at a reasonable cost.
- Executive recruiters store client
information and resumes in a database that can be accessed by the
recruiter when a job order presents.
- Executive recruiters can then match
their clients’ skills effectively.
- Executive recruiters should provide
accessibility to top companies.
- Executive recruiters provide the
best solutions for their clients business needs.
- An executive recruiter’s business
is to bring people together.
- Recruiters provide the opportunity
for client or candidate to seek the best possible employer and
employee fit.
- Naturally the ultimate goal of the
executive recruiter is to provide success for all interested
parties.
- The executive recruiter satisfies
the candidate’s needs and the company receives the ideal
professional employee.
- The executive recruiter should be
dedicated to both the client and the candidate and exercise
integrity.
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Advantages of an
Executive recruiter:
- Executive recruiters are skilled
specialists who can identify the best executive to fill an
important position on a management team.
- The executive recruiter realizes
good management is essential to the welfare of all companies.
Executive recruiters realize that excellent management is the key
to success in today’s competitive business world.
- The services of executive
recruiters are utilized by prudent companies in many fields of
expertise e.g legal, accounting, health services and other special
needs.
- Executive recruiters are efficient
and effective and in the long run more expedient.
Executive recruiters provide companies
with strict confidentiality in the hiring process. Companies can be
vulnerable in many instances and confidentiality from executive
recruiters keeps competitors at bay. The confidentiality of executive
recruiters protect against:
1. management reorganizations.
2. new product initiatives.
3. employee, stockholder and supplier
apprehension.
Executive recruiters tap into a global
network of contacts. An executive recruiter has a wide network of
contacts in comparison to the in-house human resource departments.
Good candidates are already employed and many will deal only with an
executive recruiter. The third party representation of an executive
recruiter is valued. Confidentiality and professional mediation are
recognized assets of the executive recruiter.
Executive recruiters are objective in
reporting. Executive recruiters assist clients evaluate and review
organizational structure and define a realistic profile and
compensation package for the pending position. Executive recruiters
provide objective advice to the client and objective feedback.
Executive recruiters are cost
effective. The executive recruiter is beneficial in small and
corporate giants alike. An incompetent employee is very expensive and
executive recruiters ensure success by finding premium executive
talent over a large market base.
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