Building a relationship with a recruiter is essential in your job search. You need to have respect for your recruiter. No matter what you have heard about recruiters or what you think of them, they are providing you a service and they could be your vehicle to a new job. I honestly think this is probably THE most important factor in building the relationship, and something that has been lacking whilst the market has been so buoyant.

As a Corporate Recruiter now, I see a change in people’s …

What an interesting thing to ask. Well firstly, there are a lot of different types of Recruiters, however for this question we will focus on the 2 main types. Agency and inhouse or internal recruiters.
Contingency Agency Recruiters
Who hasn’t had a bad experience with one of these? Well let’s breakdown the myth. Firstly not all of them are failed used car salesmen, who would sell their grandmother for a quick dollar. They are not that bad (most of them). But make no mistake they are sales people. They get judged by …

In these challenging economic times finding another job is significantly more difficult than it was only 12 months ago.
A large number of people will be active in the job market for the first time in many years and are undoubtedly finding that things have changed somewhat since last century. The recruitment sector in Australia is worth generates approximately $24 billion per annum, according to the recruitment industry’s representative body, the RCSA. Whether you are looking for a permanent job, a temporary job, a full time job, part–time job, in an urban …

There are generally three types of recruiters; transactional, search & selection and then internal.
An internal recruiter works as an employee of an organisation hiring specifically for their organisation and is usually part of the HR team.
The other two types of recruiters work for an agency, either alone or with other recruiters. It is this type of recruiter that most job seekers encounter.
The transactional recruiter is typically focused on low end, high volume placements using online job boards and limited print advertising as a method of attracting candidates to apply for …

One common complaint from job seekers is how much they dislike dealing with recruiters. For many they feel this is the most difficult part of the job search process. We are here to tell you not all recruiters are bad, further a recruiter who you feel is bad might just be the wrong sort for your job hunt.
Let’s learn a bit about why recruiters are the way they are.

Recruiters work for their clients, hiring organisations, not you. They also only get paid when they successfully place a candidate, although some …