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10 Pointers about Using Recruiters in a Job Search

If you’ve never worked with a recruiter (a.k.a. headhunter) but are considering doing it the next time you make a change, here are some key points you should be aware of...

 

A day in the life of an IT Recruitment Consultant

I say a standard IT recruitment consultant as I work very differently now! (And I’m not going to tell you how I work now…… in case another recruitment consultant starts copying me!).

 

A light-hearted look at recruitment

Ok, what's the deal with photos on the CV?  Most agencies cut these out and pin them on a wall called the Rogues Gallery.  The more bizarre, the bigger the laugh.  Do yourself a favour take it off the CV if sending to an agency. Unless you are a model.

 

Becoming a Recruitment Consultant

They are many entry routes to recruitment.  Some of them are very unusual. In fact there are no standard routes. Take my route for instance, I graduated in electronics after a few years of floating about in jobs I decided to go contracting.

 

Feng Shui and the Art of Recruitment

What does feng shui have to do with recruitment, you may ask? On the surface, very little, however, if we really think about it, recruitment draws upon many ancient rituals and customs - some good, some not so good.

 

International Recruitment Trends

The increasing globalisation of the marketplace combined with an ever increasing shortage of skilled staff and advances in technology have resulted in large scale changes to recruitment practices throughout the world.

 

Monster Jobs - "The Worlds leading career network"

Hmmm.  Monster Jobs.  I don't like Monster Jobs.  I don't recall ever getting a job through them either.

 

Monster Jobs - follow up article

In retrospect of my experience with Monster Jobs a few months ago, I thought I would give them another chance and have another look at the site.  They are the "worlds leading career network" after all!  And there have been some changes

 

Recruitment agency uk - what does an UK recruitment agency do?

Recruitment agencies in the UK place candidates (jobseekers) in positions advertised by their clients (employers). 

 

Recruiters top 20 CV pet peeves

ResumeDoctor recently undertook a study by interviewing several hundred recruiters and headhunters to find out what they are saying about CVs.  So what are the recruiter’s likes and dislikes in a CV and what is going to get a CV read by them?   

 

Tales from the Dark Tempin' Side

If books had feelings they'd complain to their publisher about why they were being sold in bulk and marketed to supermarkets. If Marks and Sparks trousers had a  say, they would possibly not choose to be purchased by the short woman with the pear-shaped bum. So how is it that recruitment agencies get it so wrong when they actually market living and breathing products that can voice their opinion?

 

Temp Jobs

I spent 3 years in temp jobs before I got into web design and it's not the glamorous lifestyle all the glossy magazines make it out to be.  Ah no wait, that's life as a porn star.  Let's not go into that.  Moving swiftly on....

 

Temporary employment agency (employment services, temp agency)

A temporary employment agency (or "temp agency") offers employment services to jobseekers who are looking for a short term contract (hence "temporary"!).  Fairly self explanatory!

 

The Art of Recruiting

Recruiting seems to be one of those things that is poorly understood (sometimes even by those who call themselves Recruiters). I thought it may be a good thing to define their functions here, for anyone who is interested. There are several types of recruiting, but the mechanics and psychology of it are all the same.

 

Why Recruitment Consultants Exist

Also known as the agency, they hate to be called that, as they’d like to consider themselves more sophisticated.

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