….what to expect from your recruiter
most people don’t know what to expect from a recruiter…they will act like they do because the don’t want to appear ignorant…
there are at least 9 or 10 different types of recruiters and they often function very differently…retained search folks, contingency recruiters, “placers,” internal corporate recruiters…all work quite differently..
often when potential candidates contact or are contacted by a recruiter their expectations are not met because the recruiter failed to set them and the candidate didn’t ask…
read the article on the Babich web site that discusses the different types of rercruiters…those of us with lots of experience always try to expain what we expect from our candidates and what our candidates should expect from us
the imporant lesson is to be sure you aks, “what can i expect from you?”…that way, you won’t be disappointed
