Job Search Mistakes– Only Relying on Recruiters | JobSearchTV.com
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses another mistake job hunters make too often – – only working with recruiters.
C Suite Interview Questions: Tell Me About a Mistake You Made
If you don’t know me personally, you don’t know that I’m a recruiter for a living. That’s why make most of my income.
However, I want to say something to you very bluntly, in your job search, don’t rely on recruiters. There are the statistics:
20 to 22% of all positions are filled by recruiters. Thus, 78% are filled by other means. Why are you spending all your time working with search firms or recruiting firms or agents or headhunters?
Being blunt, when I’m doing a search to fill the position, you are not paying me anything. The client is paying me to find someone. If you don’t fit that job, you go into “inventory.” Then, you get frustrated because you are counting on me and I never made that commitment to you, either explicit or implicit , and you
think I’m supposed be working to find YOU a job? Respectfully, how much skinned you have in the game?
Zero. All you have is a lot of wishing and hoping and thinking that you are qualified and you are not. You’re not from my clients anyway at a given time.
So the fact of the matter is, that is true when you are working with other recruiters. The recruiter that’s giving you lots of time, the one who is rewriting your resume, or telling you what they think about your LinkedIn profile is a green kid who doesn’t know squat.
Just recognize how the business works. Whether it is a retained firm or a contingency firm, recruiters are paid to fill openings. We are hired by a firm that has made a promise to pay us, either partially on a retained basis or entirely on a contingency basis when we identify someone whom they decide to hire, So why do you think we work for you? We don’t!
You are responsible for your own career. Don’t sacrifice your search to a third party who says, “I’m going to find you a job,” because they are not. They are going to fill a job with YOU. That’s different.
Maybe they can and you know, the statistics for yourself. They are probably not.
Because you are spamming your resume all over the place hoping recruiters pick up on it. We work for companies that don’t rely upon addresses exclusively. You have a lot of other tools to use in order to find work. If you don’t believe me, I have more than 7000 other videos
Start learning what you need to. Get to work on finding work.
ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves career coaching, as well as executive job search coaching, job coaching, and interview coaching. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with over 2400 episodes.
Are you interested in 1:1 coaching, interview coaching, advice about networking more effectively, how to negotiate your offer or leadership coaching? People hire me to provide No BS career advice whether that is about a job search, hiring better, leadership, management or support with a workplace issue. Schedule a discovery call at my website, www.TheBigGameHunter.us
My courses are available on my website, www.TheBigGameHunter.us/courses The courses include ones about Informational Interviews, Interviewing, final interview preparation, salary negotiation mistakes to avoid, the top 10 questions to prepare for on any job interview, and starting a new job.
I do a livestream on LinkedIn, YouTube (on the JobSearchTV.com account) and on Facebook (on the Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter page) Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 PM Eastern. You can send your questions about job search, hiring better, management, leadership or to get advice about a workplace issue to me via messaging on LinkedIn or in chat during the approximately 30 minute show.
Classes On Skillshare https://thebiggamehunter.us/Skillshare
Freelancing or hiring a freelancer: fiverr.com https://thebiggamehunter.us/fiverr. or Freelancer: https://thebiggamehunter.us/freelance
To set up your freelance business correctly: incorporate https://thebiggamehunter.us/incorporate
Connect with me on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/thebiggamehunter
Watch my videos on YouTube at JobSearchTV.com, the Job Search TV app for fireTV or a firestick or Bingenetworks.tv for Apple TV, and 90+ smart tv’s.
Thinking of making a career change and need some ideas that fit you. CareerFitter offers a free test and if you want more you can upgrade for the paid version.https://thebiggamehunter.us/Career
We grant permission for this post and others to be used on your website as long as a backlink is included and notice is provided that it is provided by Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter as an author or creator.
