Last year, my colleague Carly-Anne Fairlie wrote Top 5 Myths About Headhunters/Recruiters, where she deconstructed popular myths held by job seekers about working with a headhunter. In this blog, I will look at the issue from a client’s point of view, tackling some preconceived notions (some true, some not) about working with headhunters.
Here at IQ PARTNERS, we believe that the recruitment business can be done better, smarter, and with greater professionalism. In fact, it’s our company motto, and in order to live up to that ideal we have to constantly challenge, measure, and re-evaluate ourselves. We use the following goals to ensure that we are on target to accomplish our mission and provide exceptional value and service to our clients. We encourage you to use these objectives to measure our service and that of any other headhunter.
You get an email or call from a recruiter asking if you are interested in discussing a great opportunity, but the timing isn’t ideal or the role doesn’t coincide with your career goals. What do you do? There are many ways to go about saying “no” to a headhunter, but here are the 5 correct ways to gain from the situation by saying “no” the right way.
Good recruiters find good candidates for good jobs. That’s what they do well. If you want to get noticed by more quality headhunters and hear about great opportunities, there’s a lot you can do to get onto their “definitely do call” list. Check out these 11 terrific ways to get yourself to show up on a top recruiters radar.
I’m often asked by job seekers and new candidates, “How does the recruiting process work?” and “Can’t I just contact the company directly?”. For those who have never worked with a headhunter, or even those…
By Ross Campbell Toronto-Based Financial Recruiter Whether you’re a company looking to hire or a job seeker, working with a bad headhunter can definitely harm your reputation. In this post, we’ll share 3 things to…
By Ross Campbell Toronto-based Financial Recruiter Imagine that you get a call from a headhunter and they start using these industry buzzwords that you haven’t heard before. You assume that you’ll probably figure out what…
by Rhys Metler, Toronto Sales Recruiter Your phone rings and the person calling says they’re a headhunter. Or a recruiter. That’s great, because recruiters (aka headhunters) are people who help source candidates for employment in…
By Bruce Powell Job candidates often ask us how much information they should disclose to their headhunter. Should they say who else they’re interviewing with? What other recruiters they’re working with? Should they reveal their…
