Recruiter Techniques and Tricks

Recruiter Techniques and Tricks I like to follow recruiter blogs to see what they are up to and their overall mindset on various things.   Afterall, they are a big part of the job search process and understanding what makes them tick helps understand how they fit and can be helpful. On Dave Mendozas blog I came across a post from Steve Levy about common misconceptions that newbie recruiters have about what recruiting is. and he says he is going to set it straight in 3 posts.   This first post is called Recruiting planning by focusing on the business side (who your targets are). I liked what Steve had to say here because he has specific examples of some tricks recruiters know to manage some of the competitive intelligence that helps them do their jobs better specifically, knowing what industries and companies are hot, and which are about to (or are tanking). Isnt this something that you should be doing??? Trust me, for all this industry analysis that recruiters are doing to piece together the potential market, they arent going to sit with you for a few hours and give you the run-down.   Remember, they dont work for you.   They work for the client -  you may be a big part of them filling their job or getting a nice commission -  but they arent your best friend (unless you are lucky ;)).  Ã‚  As far as Ive seen,  they would rather spend time doing something moving towards their commission than giving you the 411 on stuff you should already know. So just what does  Steve tell other recruiters to do?  Ã‚  You  need to  read the whole article here because reading it from his perspective helps you understand what a recruiter is to you (and how they work).  Ã‚  Ive  picked out some specific tools that he recommends to really know where things are at: Get the financial low-down at the New York Times Interactive Sector Snapshot   this is a very  cool tool that financial geeks  must love, but  if you are looking at different sectors to move into (or wondering  how yours is doing) you need to check it out Yahoo Finance  allows you to create financial portfolios that you can track not just for your personal investments  anymore consider this to measure/monitor the health of that new industry youve been eyeing! In addition to  various e-mail lists you can get on  you can  check out MarketWatch  for another perspective and source of information. I think you get the point others that care about finding people jobs are using tools like this to see  where the jobs are, or where talent might be coming  from (thats the point of Steves post remember, he is a recruiter telling other recruiters where to find talent) but  know that these tools are  available to you also.   This  can help in a career transition or in  actually doing your job (getting competitive intelligence) good luck! Recruiter Techniques and Tricks I like to follow recruiter blogs to see what they are up to and their overall mindset on various things.   Afterall, they are a big part of the job search process and understanding what makes them tick helps understand how they fit and can be helpful. On Dave Mendozas blog I came across a post from Steve Levy about common misconceptions that newbie recruiters have about what recruiting is. and he says he is going to set it straight in 3 posts.   This first post is called Recruiting planning by focusing on the business side (who your targets are). I liked what Steve had to say here because he has specific examples of some tricks recruiters know to manage some of the competitive intelligence that helps them do their jobs better specifically, knowing what industries and companies are hot, and which are about to (or are tanking). Isnt this something that you should be doing??? Trust me, for all this industry analysis that recruiters are doing to piece together the potential market, they arent going to sit with you for a few hours and give you the run-down.   Remember, they dont work for you.   They work for the client -  you may be a big part of them filling their job or getting a nice commission -  but they arent your best friend (unless you are lucky ;)).  Ã‚  As far as Ive seen,  they would rather spend time doing something moving towards their commission than giving you the 411 on stuff you should already know. So just what does  Steve tell other recruiters to do?  Ã‚  You  need to  read the whole article here because reading it from his perspective helps you understand what a recruiter is to you (and how they work).  Ã‚  Ive  picked out some specific tools that he recommends to really know where things are at: Get the financial low-down at the New York Times Interactive Sector Snapshot   this is a very  cool tool that financial geeks  must love, but  if you are looking at different sectors to move into (or wondering  how yours is doing) you need to check it out Yahoo Finance  allows you to create financial portfolios that you can track not just for your personal investments  anymore consider this to measure/monitor the health of that new industry youve been eyeing! In addition to  various e-mail lists you can get on  you can  check out MarketWatch  for another perspective and source of information. I think you get the point others that care about finding people jobs are using tools like this to see  where the jobs are, or where talent might be coming  from (thats the point of Steves post remember, he is a recruiter telling other recruiters where to find talent) but  know that these tools are  available to you also.   This  can help in a career transition or in  actually doing your job (getting competitive intelligence) good luck!Â