What's Changed In Recruitment?
Discussion
I met a chap socially the other night, who called himself a Placement Executive, or something. I'd have called him a Recruitment Consultant.
Anyway, he was saying that he had up to 200 candidates on his books at any one time and had never met more than about a dozen of them. Anecdotally, I've heard people say that it's almost impossible to get any feedback from or contact with a recruiter.
In the olden days, the candidate was the commodity that was being sold, and the consultant took an interest in each candidate, advised, and tried to fit them into the right job. Is is just a sausage machine these days? And if so, why? It can't just be because there are so many more people job hunting than there were 20 years ago, surely?
Do any recruitment consultants still treat candidates and clients with respect?
Anyway, he was saying that he had up to 200 candidates on his books at any one time and had never met more than about a dozen of them. Anecdotally, I've heard people say that it's almost impossible to get any feedback from or contact with a recruiter.
In the olden days, the candidate was the commodity that was being sold, and the consultant took an interest in each candidate, advised, and tried to fit them into the right job. Is is just a sausage machine these days? And if so, why? It can't just be because there are so many more people job hunting than there were 20 years ago, surely?
Do any recruitment consultants still treat candidates and clients with respect?
bad company said:
Scattergun approach.
As I said earlier in the thread a rifle is more effective than a shotgun in recruitment.
Only if you know how to use it properly. As I said earlier in the thread a rifle is more effective than a shotgun in recruitment.
It seems my experiences as an employer up until a few years ago, and others' experiences as candidates and clients all tell a similar story.
bad company said:
2). Where did I say I lied to candidates or clients?
bad company said:
My other ruse was to get round the PA by asking the telephoning for the post room. When they answered I’d say I don’t know why they put me through to you I wanted John Jones, viola straight through as an internal call.
No doubt someone will be along any minute to call me a lying bar steward. Getting through to the right people was/is all part of the job.
No doubt someone will be along any minute to call me a lying bar steward. Getting through to the right people was/is all part of the job.
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