Heather wrote an excellent little ditty yesterday about getting ready yourself for your upswing within the position market. That;s right … word on the recruiting street is that the marketplace will soon be turning around,
Windows 7 Home Premium, and while jobs may not be as abundant as they were four or five years ago, the economic shutdown we;ve seen will be dwindling. I think it also help that companies have matured in their budgeting and spending over the last few years and can now responsibility enter into a new hiring age without acquiring too over zealous. In a few of her points, Heather encourages work seekers to begin forging relationships with recruiters. You never know what relationships may benefit you inside the future. I;ve seen the excellent blogger debates (both internal to Microsoft and external) about how blogging might affect future profession opportunities. A lot of people worry (or hope) that exposing their function details and contact information to the public will encourage other companies to poach them, and I;ve often said that blogs.msdn.com would be my dream recruiting tool … if only I didn;t already work at Microsoft. I;ve also seen many a blogger complain about recruiting cold calls. The recruiter finds a blog and then e-mails or calls the unsuspecting blogger with a “amazing,
Office Pro Plus, new opportunity!” I;ve been holding this thought for a while … but now I;m just going to say it … Stop whining! Take it as a compliment and a sign you have a successful and desirable career. And then use it to your advantage,
Office 2010 Pro Key!! If you are really so bothered by recruiter inquiries, delete the e-mails and voicemails. However, going back to Heather;s advice, I;d suggest using these opportunities to improve your network. Why not politely reply back and explain why you aren;t interested? The recruiter may have a job of more interest or operate with company more applicable to your skills within the future – and then you have a fantastic contact. Better yet, maybe you have a friend or co-worker who is looking for this a new task. Forward the recruiter;s contact on to that person. Often when a recruiter cold calls, he;s just trying to build his network out, not necessarily recruit you (sorry, but it;s true.) The more people he contacts, the more people who know him and can potentially circulate his name. And this scenario can perform both ways. I know a lot of people dream of starting their own companies or moving on to something bigger and better. It never hurts to make contacts for the own potential hiring needs. Today, I heard the story of a corporate recruiter who recruited an executive candidate. The executive candidate interviewed with the corporate recruiter;s company,
Cheap Office 2007, and while he decided not to take the profession, the exec remembered the great experience he had with the recruiter. Later, when the exec took a big job with another big company, he was tasked with solving a big recruiting issue … and who did he go to? That same corporate recruiter who had helped him within the past. Inside the end, the exec recruited the recruiter. The recruiter got a great new work (with a great new salary), and the exec efficiently utilized his network to fill a gap in his new venture. Fact or fiction? Probably a small of both – but the point is building your own network for position seeking or profession enhancement purposes is never a bad idea. If the past few years have taught us anything,
Windows 7 32bit, it;s that the occupation market is a harsh mistress and what goes up must come down, even if we think we;re above it all. gretchen