Pimps. Blood Suckers. Ambulance Chasers. Scum. Some of the words I've heard used to describe Recruiters by those within Australian industry.

Often though I've found that hostility or hatred is underpinned by misconceptions about how the recruitment industry works......


Monday, February 20, 2012

Why can't we help?

Candidates often feel let down by recruiters when they have a history with the agency and/or the consultant. "I sent them my CV and I never even got a single call about a job".

In some cases this is indeed purely bad customer service, though in many cases I think there's very a willingness to help but a lack of ability to do so.

Recruitment tends to be very much a client driven business. By that I mean we go out and search for what the client is looking for, and thus I am somewhat limited in terms of what I can put in front of my candidates. Even if I reckon you're the best Red Hat Engineer in town, unless one of my clients wants to hire a Linux Engineer, I probably won't be able to help.

And even if I do have a Linux role on, I'm still going to go to market and try find the best three Linux guys I can find. Obviously you'll have a head start given you're known to us, but that doesn't guarantee you'll make the shortlist.

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