Please do not be one of those inexperienced and naive individuals that believe that by contacting a recruiter that’s the end of their job search or career change strategy.
Believe it or not there are actually people out there that think that recruiters are on this earth to find them a job. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Our driving force is to find the perfect candidate for the perfect job and then to make an offer to that great candidate that is accepted on behalf of our client.
Put quite simply we are paid by our clients to find tabletop sales managers, etc that will satisfy new and existing customers of theirs not to find jobs for every out of work or dissatisfied person in tabletop.
To put an even more bizarre spin on the situation there are even people out there that are upset with recruiters for not ranking them at the top of the candidate list when asked to do so by our clients.
That is not to say that we do not have empathy with those that are looking for a new career having been there myself. In fact we do a lot more than most recruiters with advice on resume preparation, etc. It is quite frankly a case of where we must spend our time and energy.
Contacting a professional recruiter is about 5% of a job search or career change, the rest is up to, guess who?
Moving one’s career forward by relying solely on a recruiter is like expecting a foodservice establishment to purchase a new tabletop installation without you personally calling on them.
