Jan

01

Recruiters: Do we know what we are looking for? (Part 1)

Posted by: stevelowisz | Comments (0)

As I travel the globe talking to recruiters, I am  amazed at the huge disconnect between them and their hiring managers.   It doesn’t really matter how experienced or junior  the recruiter is – many complain about their hiring managers and the hiring managers complain about them!  Its interesting to compare our self evaluation

as recruiters with the evaluation that comes from our hiring managers.   More than 60% of the recruiters I have spoken with that rank themselves as “great” recruiters were ranked as “poor” by the managers they support!

Recruiter Replies:

• My manager does not understand what I do.
• My manager never knows what he/she wants.
• My manager does not communicate with me – I need to track him/her down.
• My manager only wants me to email them resumes. Read More→