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We are
hired by companies on a "contract." The contract
might be for a specific period of time or for a
specific number of candidates. We're usually hired
when organizations need to recruit and hire many
candidates over a short period of time. So, rather
than hire a permanent employee or pay fees to "
third-party " recruiters, they hire me for the
period of time they think they will need me. They
usually pay me on an hourly basis with maybe a bonus
for each individual that might be hired. I'm really
an independent contractor and work for myself. I
will contract out to usually one organization at a
time for a specified period of time, usually six
months to a year, with the understanding that my
"contract" can be terminated at any time.
I am
paid a premium for my time and effort but not as
much as the company might pay in fees if they hired
each individual from an external recruiter. Since I
am an independent contractor, my short-term loyalty
is to whomever I am not working for, but my
long-term loyalty is to myself. I make a lot of
money when I'm working on a contract but am often
between contracts, i.e. looking for work. I need to
get people hired and do it quickly or I won't be
kept.
My advantage to you: Since I am compensated
and kept as a recruiter based on performance, I'm
going to try to get you through the hiring process
with the company I am contracted with to fill it as
fast as possible. I usually know the organization
that I'm working with fairly well and what they're
likely to hire. So I will be able to give you every
bit of information that will help you in the
interviewing process. Since I am paid on volume, I
want to see you get hired.
Since I
am an independent contractor, I may very well put
your information in my personal database and call
you about opportunities with the firms that I might
contract with in the future.
My disadvantage to you: In most cases I am
only working for one the company that I contact you
about. So I will only be presenting you to this one
firm, helping you out with their process. But it is
not likely that I'm going to present anything to you
other than the one organization that I am working
for.
I may
very well keep your information if you don't get
hired by the organization that I am working for
now. I may take that information with me and call
you about opportunities with companies that I
contract with in the future.
How to deal with me: You may not even know
that I am a contractor. Most of the time I will
appear to you to be an employee of the organization
that I represent. You don't really care as long as
I can get you a job that might be of value to you.
I'm not
going to mess around and spend a lot of time
coddling you and holding your hand. I'm usually "runnin'
and gunnin'" to fill as many opportunities with the
company I'm working with as fast as possible. The
firms I work with are usually hiring many people
over a short period time, so I may very well get you
in the process with them, but they are not going to
spend a lot of time "romancing" you.
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