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We are
actually consultants who, as a part of our service,
offer to recruit professionals for our clients.
Recruiting is not our primary business, but often we
are asked to do it.
If we contact you, keep in mind that our consulting
service to our client is more important to us than
our recruiting service. We'd like to help them find
good people, but we'd never run the risk of losing
our consulting business because of a mistake in
recruiting or hiring.
What
this means to you is that unless you are a close to
being a perfect candidate, we are going to be very
careful that your candidacy doesn't jeopardize our
consulting relationships. In spite of what we might
tell our client, that getting someone hired is a
high priority, it isn't as high a priority to us as
is keeping their consulting business.
Our advantage to you: I really know the
company I'm consulting with and can tell you more
than you will need to know. If I think you are
really good and as close to perfect as I can find, I
will really push my client to hire you. However, if
you are a real "match", I will push you hard to get
you hired. You make me look good and we will have
one other "supporter" of our consulting service in
our client's organization.
Our disadvantage to you: We are
consultants. Recruiting is a secondary function of
what we do. We won't let the process of recruiting
or its results jeopardize our consulting
relationship.
How to deal with me: Once I get you "in
the door" don't rely on me too much to help you get
hired. Unless you're "perfect" (and who is) I may
"distance" myself from you because I don't want to
jeopardize my consulting arrangement. I might be
able to give you some advice, but you need to "carry
your own ball" once I get you in the game.
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