On March 13 I held a joint teleconference with Joe Centrella of Resource Options Inc., one of the premier recruiting and placement firms in the Boston Area. You can hear a recording of the conference here. The official topic of the teleconference was, "What Do Recuiters Do For You", but as it developed, a better title would have been, "How can you find a really good recruiter, and how can you work effectively with him." The discussion ranged far and wide, but Joe came up with three good rules of thumb:

1. A good recruiter will spend time talking with you about your long-term goals and aspirations, what you're good at and what you enjoy doing, your good and bad jobs, and other things about you. He'll use this information to match you with a job and employer that suits you well, so there will be a better chance that you'll be a reall success in the new job.

2. A good recruiter also spends time talking with the hiring company and the hiring manager, finding out about the organizational culture, what sort of person they're looking for, the career path opportunities in the company, and other factors that he will use to make the perfect match between the job and the candidate.

3. A good recruiter looks for a good match for you, not a fast placement because he doesn't want to wast your time, the company's time
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   a of Resource Options Inc., one of the premier recruiting and placement firms in the Boston Area. You can hear a recording of the conference here. The official topic of the teleconference was, "What Do Recuiters Do For You", but as it developed, a better title would have been, "How can you find a really good recruiter, and how can you work effectively with him." The discussion ranged far and wide, but Joe came up with three good rules of thumb:

   1. A good recruiter will spend time talking with you about your long-term goals and aspirations, what you're good at and what you enjoy doing, your good and bad jobs, and other things about you. He'll use this information to match you with a job and employer that suits you well, so there will be a better chance that you'll be a reall success in the new job.

   2. A good recruiter also spends time talking with the hiring company and the hiring manager, finding out about the organizational culture, what sort of person they're looking for, the career path opportunities in the company, and other factors that he will use to make the perfect match between the job and the candidate.

   3. A good recruiter looks for a good match for you, not a fast placement because he doesn't want to wast your time, the company's time
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      d how can you work effectively with him." The discussion ranged far and wide, but Joe came up with three good rules of thumb:

      1. A good recruiter will spend time talking with you about your long-term goals and aspirations, what you're good at and what you enjoy doing, your good and bad jobs, and other things about you. He'll use this information to match you with a job and employer that suits you well, so there will be a better chance that you'll be a reall success in the new job.

      2. A good recruiter also spends time talking with the hiring company and the hiring manager, finding out about the organizational culture, what sort of person they're looking for, the career path opportunities in the company, and other factors that he will use to make the perfect match between the job and the candidate.

      3. A good recruiter looks for a good match for you, not a fast placement because he doesn't want to wast your time, the company's time
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         about you. He'll use this information to match you with a job and employer that suits you well, so there will be a better chance that you'll be a reall success in the new job.

      4. A good recruiter also spends time talking with the hiring company and the hiring manager, finding out about the organizational culture, what sort of person they're looking for, the career path opportunities in the company, and other factors that he will use to make the perfect match between the job and the candidate.

      5. A good recruiter looks for a good match for you, not a fast placement because he doesn't want to wast your time, the company's time
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         hat sort of person they're looking for, the career path opportunities in the company, and other factors that he will use to make the perfect match between the job and the candidate.

      6. A good recruiter looks for a good match for you, not a fast placement because he doesn't want to wast your time, the company's time, and his own time on an interview that doesn't fit either you or the company. So it may be weeks between phone calls, but when the recruiter calls you it's likely that he's found a very high probability match. (Joe says that it's okay to check in periodically to see how things are going, but don't overdo it and call every day...)
      
      Shortly after that, one of my clients asked me about the advisability of working with more than one recruiter at a time - whether it would cause trouble or had any down side. I knew one answer to the question already: it makes your life much more complicated because you have to keep track of multiple recruiters and who they've sent you to - sort of like directing traffic in a busy intersection. But I didn't know the rest of the answer, so I sent the question out to the listserve of the Boston Recruiter's Group. As usual, the recruiters in the group were very helpful, and here are some the responses I got back:

      "Having two or three recruiters representing you is wise....but be honest with each recruiter as to where your resume has already been submitted. Don't make the mistake of withholding that information. Also advise your client to be as sure as possible that their contingent recruiter of choice isn't blas