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We are
usually a " one-man band." We work by ourselves, in
our office or our living room. We scour the
Internet looking for resumes of people that might
fit some of the job opportunities that we also find
on the Internet. We send your resume to as many of
those people as we can and if they "bite," we will
call you and see if you might be interested in the
opportunity. We don't make very many placements
because our rapport with the companies we send your
resume to isn't very great.
Some of
us do work with a handful of firms on a repeat basis
and find basically the same kind of candidates for
them all over the country. We're not real big
billers but the firms we work with appreciate what
we do. We hone in on a particular kind of narrow
experience (like copier sales, long distance service
sales, etc.) that our hiring companies like and need
throughout the U.S. usually for either sales or
customer service, then scour the Net to find that
kind of background.
Our advantage to you: If I find you it
usually means that I have one opportunity for you
with one particular organization. I have probably
placed a number of people with them around the
country and know exactly what their procedure is and
exactly the kind of person they like to hire. If
you follow my instructions, I can probably be
effective for you with the one or two particular
organizations that I work with.
Our disadvantage you: I am probably only
going to present you to the one organization that I
called you about and I'm probably going to present
five or six others with exactly the same kind of
background that you've got. It's a pure numbers
game for them and most everybody interviewed will be
alike.
How you should deal with me: Realize that I
place the same kind of person with the same kind of
firm all over the country. I really know what the
hiring authority likes. Since I'm presenting a
number of people with exactly your kind of
background and experience, if you're smart, you will
need to sell yourself stronger than any of the other
candidates I have.
If
you're wise you'll ask me everything there is to
know about what the hiring authority likes and why
he has hired other people from me in the past. You
will get me to treat you special and give you every
advantage you can get in the interviewing process.
If you think that I'm just a "conduit" to the
interview you won't really be taking advantage of
all I can do for you.
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