A Candidate’s Guide to Working with Recruitment Consultants
A Candidate’s Guide to Working with Recruitment Consultants: Far from being a passive way of looking for a new job, getting the most out of working with a recruitment agency requires input from the candidate’s side too. Agencies will give you access to industry knowledge, market information and jobs that aren’t advertised directly, as well as support and advice with your general career management. We have included some generic advice here in relation to what to do and what not to do to enable a recruitment agency to assist you in the most effective and efficient way. Send an email and ideally include the reference number of the role that you are applying for.Keep your CV format simple, ideally using ‘Word’, so that the reruitment agency can upload it into their system easily. If suggestions are made around improving your CV then take the feedback on board and make the amendments.Have a short summary of what skills you have that make you marketable, what achievements you have that make you stand out from your peer group and be very clear about what type of role you want. You should also be flexible. A good recruiter will suggest roles that you hadn’t thought about and that could be ideal for you, while remaining in the parameters that you have originally stipulated. For the full article: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/a-candidate-s-guide-to-working-with-recruitment-consultants?goback=.gde_79799_member_180874579 (Source Recruting Blogs)