Do you feel your CV is not getting enough attention by the recruitment agency? Do you feel they have lost your name in their huge database? Don’t worry; it can happen to the best of the candidates.
Here we are sharing some tips to use recruitment agencies to your advantage. If you feel you are not getting enough attention you cannot sit idle and wait for the recruitment consultants to notice your CV. It is about your career so you need to be pro-active.
Read on to know how you can save your resume from sinking down in the database of a recruitment agency.
Take your career’s responsibility yourself – You should know that recruiting agencies to work for the employers, not the candidates. There may be some specialized recruiter who pays attention to individual candidates but in general, this is not the case. So, you cannot sit and wait for the recruiting agency to give you a call. Be the active chaser and do the follow-up calls and e-mails as and when required. Be a little cautious as you do not want to be the nagging candidate who irritates the recruitment consultant. You can in fact directly ask the recruitment consultant how often you should contact them for updates. You need to build a good relationship with the recruitment consultant.
Widen your area of exposure – By spreading your net wide you can catch the fish more quickly. So, don’t submit your resume with one recruiter and wait for the employer to come knocking your door. As per the norm of the industry, candidates are not charged a penny for registering them with a recruitment agency. So, submit your resume with a number of reputed recruiters and if possible join some online job-boards too. And, be sure you are submitting updated CV whenever you submit it at a certain place.
Always keep relevancy in mind – You already know your degree, knowledge, and area of expertise. Choose the recruiting agency and the job that are relevant to your area of expertise. For example, ErikJuhler.com is a niche based recruitment agency working in the shipping & marine, transmission & distribution, rail, and engineering sectors. Submitting a CV with them will not do you any good if you are looking for the job as a teacher. Similarly, you should also be selective in applying for a job advertised by the job agencies. Agencies post an advertisement for a job at different sites. If you have applied through one site don’t do it through the other. Applying multiple times for the same job will never increase your chance of selection rather you’ll be seen as an unprofessional and desperate candidate.
By following the above-discussed suggestions, you can easily increase your chance of landing a job without wasting much time. If a recruitment agency arranges an interview for you with an employer you should immediately call the consultant after the interview to give him the brief. Be sure to do all you can do to maintain a good relationship with the recruitment agency and the consultant.