Meeting a Recruiter

If you’re meeting a Recruiter, it’s for one of three reasons:

1) You applied for a job they posted. They think you look like a good fit on paper. It’s time to see if you deliver the goods.

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2) They found you on a job board or LinkedIn. They thought you looked good on paper. It’s time to see if you deliver the goods.

No matter what the reason you’re meeting with a recruiter, don’t worry about it. All that matters is that someone is giving you the opportunity to tell your story. Even if you’re no more than quota to the person you’re meeting with, do everything you can to impress them. If they expect nothing of you and you end up making them feel like this:

When you’re meeting with a Recruiter, know this: It’s not a job interview. Just because we meet with you does not mean we guarantee to find you a job. We make a promise to our clients that we meet with every person we represent before sending them over for review. So that’s what we do.

Some Recruiters will only go as far as the phone screen, submit your resume based on that and wait to book a meeting until seeing if the client schedules an interview. The logic behind this is that there’s no bother in us meeting if the client has no interest.

This is called Paper Pushing.

This is called Throwing Spaghetti At a Wall and Seeing if it Sticks.

This is called Lazy.

Don’t stand for it. Insist on coming in and sitting down with the Recruiter REGARDLESS. You may think that they’re saving you time and effort. I know you don’t want to ride the TTC Downtown in the middle of the day unless there’s going to be something in it for you. I don’t blame you.

But guess what? If you don’t meet the Recruiter before they submit your resume and the client says Thanks, but not a fit for this one, you’ll probably never hear from them again.

Why?

Because in this scenario the Recruiter doesn’t owe you anything. They’ve placed a bet and are hoping for the best. If you end up getting called to an interview, awesome. That makes their numbers look good. Hopefully you’re still available and interested. If not, it’s no skin off their back. They’re already looking for the next batch of people to push onto the next job.

Let’s have a quick word on this:

PAPER PUSHERS MAKE THE RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY WORSE FOR EVERYONE.

Clients pay us good money to find quality talent for them. If all the Recruiter is doing is forwarding anyone who halfway looks like they could be a fit and hoping HR will book an interview, they’re not doing their job and eventually their luck will run out. Avoid them. And PLEASE, whatever you do, DO NOT LET THEM SPAM YOUR RESUME AROUND THE CITY. Know your Recruiter and know where your information is being sent. If someone is responsible for handling the one document that is a clear and accurate representation of you, don’t you think you should at least meet them first?

Besides,  a good Recruiter should want to meet you. It’s their job to interview people! If they know their business, their client, their industry, their whatever, then they should have the insight and experience to be able to guide you and get you one step closer to the job. You can submit your resume to any job yourself and hope for the best. I’m paid because I know what it takes to help get your foot in the door. I have to trust that you have what it takes to go all the way and you have to trust in my ability to get your there. For that, we need to meet.   

Tomorrow we’ll talk about preparing you for our meeting and what is expected of you during that time.