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How to become a Successful Headhunter – Part 1
I’m assuming that you’ve read one of my previous posts How do you become a Headhunter. If not, then please read it. I’ve detailed on how you can become a headhunter/recruiter there. It should open up some new opportunities for you and gives you a pretty decent road map on how to open doors for [...]
Headhunters guide to writing a professional Resume.
Chances are that you were doing a search on how to write a professional resume and landed on this page. Great – let’s get started. You already know that a resume is one of the most important documents that you will create in your professional life, so let’s keep it that way – professional. If [...]
Should you find a Recruiter or Headhunter?
Corporate and Agency Recruiters Corporate Recruiters are recruiters who are employed by the corporation and they work with that companies HR department to fill open positions. Corporate Recruiters are usually spread very thin because they have the responsibility of filling every single open position that the company has. Based on how big the recruiting team [...]
Corporate Recruiter versus Agency Recruiter
Corporate Recruiters are recruiters who are employed by a corporation and they work with their HR department to fill open positions corporate wide. Corporate Recruiters are usually spread very thin because they have the responsibility of filling every single open position that the company has. Based on how big the recruiting team is, being a [...]
How do you become a Headhunter?
I got in the headhunting game by fluke. I was getting ready to graduate from The College of Wooster with a degree in Business Economics and the reality of getting a job was setting in. Fortunately, I had a college friend who was a Headhunter in Northern Virginia and I reached out to him asking [...]
Stop being stupid
I was recently at an outplacement event where I was helping a client who had lost a contract and had a large team of people that would require help in finding new employment. I did several 10-15 minutes interviews to get basic information – name, contact information, skills etc., gave out my cards and asked [...]
Stop burning bridges
This is probably one of the most frustrating parts of our job as a Recruiter/Headhunter. You identify a great candidate, interview them, have your client interview them, do references all the while keeping the candidate in the loop as to where you are in the process. The candidate is very excited and is returning your [...]
Love them OR Hate them – they’re here to stay
Here’s an acronym that makes most sales and recruiting professionals shudder – VMS, unless you belong to the company that owns the VMS. VMS or Vendor Management System has been around for about 10 years now and used by mid size and large corporation for procuring contract or contingent workers. Most VMS’s are web based [...]
Jr. Program Manager
Location: Falls Church/Tyson’s Corner (thru the summer) then work from Herndon. The program manager will manage several small programs from the Falls Church, VA office with 25% local travel to customer sites. The end customer will be State and Local Government Entities where client is the prime contractor. Many of these programs engage the services [...]
Is this what you call Recruiting?
I usually get emails like this a couple of times per week while I’m not even looking for a new job. I can only imagine what people who are actively seeking new employment must have to go through to weed out garbage like this in their inbox.I’ve removed the name, phone number and email address [...]
