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5 Bad Habits In Recruitment Consultants Jobs
Double check your candidates and managers at every stage of the interview process. If your candidate fails because the manager interviews them and doesn't like them, so be it, you've done all you can. However, the number of recruitment consultants who confirm interview details on the phone and leave it at that is shocking. It only takes one party to get a minor detail wrong, day, date, venue etc and you'll not only loose the placement, but also future customers. Always send full details by e-mail after a verbal agreement. If you agree interviews more than a day in advance, call candidate and manager the day before to double check. Keep in touch with candidates after their job offer up until they start the new job. For recruitment consultants, it's the worst phone call in the world to hear the guy you placed a week ago has since interviewed again has carried on interviewing and accepted something else. At least if you are able to stay in touch you may be able to influence their decision making, or indeed get involved to achieve counter offers so as not to loose placements without a fight. Record 'all' your candidate and client contact in your database. What seems insignificant now may be the key to a placement later. It's a small extra effort to record everything in your database, but the number of times I've see recruitment consultants scratching their heads trying to remember a small detail, like “what company did someone say they had moved to”? In these cases placements can be lost because details have not been recorded. Not keeping enough recruitment processes on the go. It's hard work getting recruitment processes rolling and it's sometimes a great relief to a few interviews booked. However, many recruitment consultants then sit back an watch these processes unfold without continuing the process of looking for more. The problem with this is the process is fraught with hurdles which can quickly see a few processes dry up. If you've not carried on with your efforts to generate new stuff you may have a gap in activity that will prove costly. Look to constantly expand your prospect list all the time regardless of the processes you have on the go. Taking gambles on candidates in pursuit of targets. I often had recruitment consultants ask me about candidates and you could tell they knew weren't right for a job, but were keen to send over to 'chance their arm'. As a general rule, if you are not sure, don't do it, you stand to loose more in the medium term in lost loyalty from your client. To do well in recruitment consultants jobs you need to be a good communicator and hard worker, but ultimately you need to be able to follow a disciplined and consisent approach to the recruitment process. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com John Bult runs an internet jobs board for people in recruitment consultants jobs in the UK |
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