to a career and life you'll truly enjoy and in today's video I'm going to teach

you six tips on how you can successfully work with a recruiter or headhunter in

order to land your next job offer

as a career strategist I've had the honour of being able to help numerous

professionals land their dream job offers and so if this is something that

you're interested in working with me one on one to stand out and get hired I can

give you details about that at the end of this video as a former recruiter or

headhunter myself I know firsthand that there are many professionals out there

who have had fairly good experiences or even amazing experiences working with

recruiters and HUD headhunters to land their job opportunities whereas others

may not have had such a great experience the difference in your experience comes

down to a combination of things and those are things that you can control

and so today I'm going to teach you six tips on how you can successfully work

with an executive recruiter or headhunter in order to land your next

job now before we get into it let's just first clarify what exactly are

headhunters or executive recruiters so executive recruiters and headhunters are

individuals who work for agencies or recruitment firms and they're separate

from the companies that have open job positions so essentially these companies

or organizations the companies that you actually may be interested in applying

to are outsourcing their recruiting duties to a recruitment firm and they're

getting these recruiters are headhunters to find job candidates that are suitable

for the roles that they have open so that means these headhunters or

recruiters have access to a multitude of roles of open opportunities that

different companies have come to them to help them find job candidates for and

one more important point to remember about recruiters and headhunters is a

lot of them tend to work on what's called a contingency basis contingency

meaning that they'll only get paid by the company if they're able to find the

successful candidate and that is one that is going to be hired by the

organization so they get a commission let's say for being able to find the

successful job candidate so you can imagine that recruiters and headhunters

have to really search and scope the entire market to

find that one diamond that one perfect fit for that organization and so they're

dealing with a lot of people at a time but at the same time even though they're

dealing with a lot of people they can still be very helpful to you

specifically in your job search because you might be that diamond that they're

looking for so let's talk about how can executive recruiters and headhunters be

helpful and useful to you recruiters and headhunters are

especially helpful to you if you know how to find them and how to work with

them so let's dive into the six tips on how to successfully work with recruiters

and headhunters to land your next job offer tip number one proactively reach

out to recruiters or headhunters via LinkedIn who recruit in the field you're

looking to get into don't be afraid to reach out to external recruiters and

headhunters because they need to know that you exist so email them LinkedIn

message them call them send them your resume and let them know that you're

interested in the open opportunities that they have available tip number two

know what you're looking for when you get the opportunity to meet with a

recruiter or headhunter don't go into that meeting saying that you are open to

any jobs they have available the worst type of job candidate for headhunters

and recruiters are ones that are open to just any job they have no clear idea of

what it is they want you want any job you'll get no job so know what you want

and make sure that it reasonably lines up with your experience your abilities

your qualifications and be mindful of the job title that you want the salary

the location and the industry make sure that you articulate all of those items

to the recruiter and headhunter so that they have a clear idea of what it is

that they need to find for you tip number three perfect your tell me about

spiel all headhunters or recruiters really want to know is a brief

explanation of your background your skills and what you're able to do and

what type of job fits you next as I said earlier some recruiters aren't

technically specialized in the line of work that you come from so don't get

into the nitty gritty details and start explaining acronyms and things that they

probably won't understand be very concise and

to the point when you're explaining your background to the recruiter and for more

tips on this see my other video called tell me about yourself how to answer

this question tip number four to successfully working with recruiters is

to make sure that your resume and LinkedIn are top-notch you want to give

really good reasons for the headhunter to want to call you back by having a

really attractive and compelling resume and LinkedIn profile as I always say

headhunters recruiters employers they only take 5 to 10 seconds to review your

resume and if they don't see what they're looking for in those first 5 to

10 seconds then you're getting shoved aside so you really want to make sure

that your profile your LinkedIn profile and your resume are top-notch are

attractive and are compelling and if you need help in that department then a good

way to start is to download my 10 ultimate resume hacks to lend you more

interviews and job offers which is located in the link below or you can

review any other resume related videos or LinkedIn profile videos on my channel

and if you've reviewed all of those and you still need help then definitely

check out my course top-notch resume the link is in the description box below tip

number five be open and flexible to both talking and not talking working with a

headhunter means that sometimes they're gonna call you during work hours to tell

you that they got you an interview or that there's an open opportunity

available and they want to ask you about it so if you're still working at a

company while you're searching for a new one you have to be open and flexible to

taking those calls now of course you have to set some guidelines and let the

recruiter know when you're not and you are available but be willing to run off

discreetly to take those phone calls because you never know those

opportunities that they're talking to you about might be the next one for you

now when it comes to not talking if you're finding that the recruiter isn't

calling you back don't take it personally I can tell you from firsthand

experience that there have been times where as a recruiter in the past where I

did not respond to people but that's just simply because I had so many people

reaching out to me and so many profiles to look through so many resumes to look

through that I had to prioritize so if I felt that somebody was not the right

fit for an opportunity they likely didn't hear from me until there was an

opportunity that was the right fit for them so if you're finding you're in that

stage where you're not hearing back from these recruiters well move on to

somebody else or just let it be don't put too much

weight on a recruiter or a headhunter to really help you to find a next position

it's gonna be a matter of luck and timing and if they happen to have

something that is the perfect right fit for you and you've done everything in

your power to sell yourself to them and make sure that they see that you're the

right fit then you'll have a good chance I know

that it's really easy to get upset and blame a recruiter for why you still

don't have a job but you have to remember that their priority is finding

the right fit for the company the company that is going to be paying their

commission and so their priority is to find the person who's the right match

and so if you're not hearing back from them it's likely because you're not the

right match so then you have to be really honest with yourself and you have

to ask yourself what is it about me that is not the right match for what they're

looking for if it's a technical thing they really wanted a certain type of

technical experience then leave it at that okay it just so happens I don't

have that experience or if it's that you've gone on interviews for that

opportunity and you didn't get the job you have to ask yourself deeper

questions as to I think I was the right fit for the position but maybe there was

something else maybe it was my communication maybe it was something in

the way I presented myself in the interview and you have to be willing to

make adjustments within yourself and in order to successfully get the next job

the next time that something comes around and this ties in to tip number

six which is to be honest if you are seriously looking for a new position let

the recruiter know but if you're not that serious and you just want to hear

what opportunities are available also let the recruiter know you're only doing

a disservice for yourself and the recruiter when you're wasting each

other's time by looking at opportunities that you'll never consider anyways being

dishonest will cause you to lose credibility with anyone and that

includes recruiters so you really want to be careful of that so there you have

it my six tips on how to work with the recruiter

so that you can land your next job opportunity now if you've been in this

situation where you've been working with recruiters you've been searching on your

own you've been going on interviews and nothing has been successful and you're

ready to make a career change then feel free to reach out to me head on over to

my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the page if

you feel that you're ready for one-on-one professional help then I can

definitely help you you just have to fill out the application form and from

there one of my team members will review it if it seems that we're a potential

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