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Sep
02
Filed Under (Other - Careers Employment) by Corey
Myra asked:
I haven’t hunted for a job in a while, so I posted my resume on Monster.com as public. Now I am getting all these calls from recruitment agencies, but not direct employers. Mostly these recruiters are looking for contract workers and consultants. So - does anyone have an experience working with a recruitment agency (good or bad), and what exactly is their role in the employment process? Also, any insider tips for job hunting? I’ve been sending out resumes for a little while and I am feeling discouraged.
I haven’t hunted for a job in a while, so I posted my resume on Monster.com as public. Now I am getting all these calls from recruitment agencies, but not direct employers. Mostly these recruiters are looking for contract workers and consultants. So - does anyone have an experience working with a recruitment agency (good or bad), and what exactly is their role in the employment process? Also, any insider tips for job hunting? I’ve been sending out resumes for a little while and I am feeling discouraged.
Aug
17
Filed Under (Other - Careers Employment) by Corey
Pam asked:
I registered in two agencies local to where I live and several online agencies two weeks ago and apart from a job possibility in three weeks I have n’t heard anything from them! Am I supposed to be calling them everyday to ask if there are any new job positions or might this iritate them and reduce the chances of them finding a job for me? I really need to work but for all I know I might just be a name on a database to these recruitment agencies so I need to do something more active, but what?
I registered in two agencies local to where I live and several online agencies two weeks ago and apart from a job possibility in three weeks I have n’t heard anything from them! Am I supposed to be calling them everyday to ask if there are any new job positions or might this iritate them and reduce the chances of them finding a job for me? I really need to work but for all I know I might just be a name on a database to these recruitment agencies so I need to do something more active, but what?
Aug
02
Filed Under (Recruitment) by Corey
Toby Marshall asked:
Imagine a giant fruit and veg market supplying a major city. One that works really badly. Totally *****.
This market only opens at night and there are no lights to guide the thousands trying to find what they need. It has many hundreds of separate halls, each selling only a few things – some only sell root vegetables, others just stone fruit. And maybe 10 have apples.Now, you’re trying to find small green cooking apples. One hall, somewhere, has these.
Each of the hundreds of halls is completely separate from all the others and when you go to one, the wholesalers only tell you about what they have to sell. The people stumbling around in the dark have no idea what they’ll find in each sealed hall until they open the door and walk inside – what a waste of time.
Who owns these ‘halls’ in perhaps the most important market place in any country, the jobs market? Three types exist:
1. Recruitment agencies, there are thousands and each has a few jobs and a few candidates for sale – usually not exclusive to just their agency.
2. The many different newspapers with job ads in particular industries or sectors.
3. Finally, lots of job boards and many community sites that host jobs.
Total chaos.
There is a better market place and it’s here today – one that is brightly lit, fast and user friendly. It’s job boards – seek.com.au and mycareer.com.au. They will work if we stop sabotaging them with the thousands of other ‘halls’ that just get in the way.
Without all the clutter of newspaper ads and too many recruiters, you will find the ‘green apple suppliers’ in a few seconds: and then start the real job – spending time finding the best at a good price.
200 Australians have it in their power to make it happen now: the senior people in HR. A few more in the United States and the UK, but still a small number of people. Forward this article to them, start making a difference.
Worth it? You do the maths – millions are in the wrong jobs and companies are screaming for skills.
Imagine a giant fruit and veg market supplying a major city. One that works really badly. Totally *****.
This market only opens at night and there are no lights to guide the thousands trying to find what they need. It has many hundreds of separate halls, each selling only a few things – some only sell root vegetables, others just stone fruit. And maybe 10 have apples.Now, you’re trying to find small green cooking apples. One hall, somewhere, has these.
Each of the hundreds of halls is completely separate from all the others and when you go to one, the wholesalers only tell you about what they have to sell. The people stumbling around in the dark have no idea what they’ll find in each sealed hall until they open the door and walk inside – what a waste of time.
Who owns these ‘halls’ in perhaps the most important market place in any country, the jobs market? Three types exist:
1. Recruitment agencies, there are thousands and each has a few jobs and a few candidates for sale – usually not exclusive to just their agency.
2. The many different newspapers with job ads in particular industries or sectors.
3. Finally, lots of job boards and many community sites that host jobs.
Total chaos.
There is a better market place and it’s here today – one that is brightly lit, fast and user friendly. It’s job boards – seek.com.au and mycareer.com.au. They will work if we stop sabotaging them with the thousands of other ‘halls’ that just get in the way.
Without all the clutter of newspaper ads and too many recruiters, you will find the ‘green apple suppliers’ in a few seconds: and then start the real job – spending time finding the best at a good price.
200 Australians have it in their power to make it happen now: the senior people in HR. A few more in the United States and the UK, but still a small number of people. Forward this article to them, start making a difference.
Worth it? You do the maths – millions are in the wrong jobs and companies are screaming for skills.
