From the course: Recruiting Foundations: Recruiting for External Recruiters
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Avoiding confusion with candidates and prospective clients
From the course: Recruiting Foundations: Recruiting for External Recruiters
Avoiding confusion with candidates and prospective clients
- There is a high probability that the candidates and clients you're targeting have had experience working with a recruiter, either as a job seeker or a hiring authority. When you present the services you offer differently, it can cause confusion about what they should expect from you. For example, we presented a job opportunity to an HR generalist who had only worked for contract staffing firms. She was confused but thrilled to learn the job we presented was a full-time opportunity with a substantial increase in both salary and benefits, not a contract job as she has expected. The first step to eliminate confusion is to review your LinkedIn profile and ask yourself the following question. If you were a prospective client, would you be impressed enough by your LinkedIn profile to reach out? If you were a candidate, would you want to be represented by this person based on their LinkedIn profile? If you answered no to…
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