From the course: How to Highlight Your Job Skills
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Utilize headhunters and recruiters
From the course: How to Highlight Your Job Skills
Utilize headhunters and recruiters
- Headhunters and recruiters are among the most underutilized resources in a job hunt. Most people go the traditional route of filling out one job application after another, while others focus on the organizations they want to work for and reach out to them directly. Proactively reaching out to ideal employers can be a highly successful strategy, but you can also use headhunters and recruiters to be proactive in your job hunt. In fact, approaching your job search from both of these angles gives you an especially strong chance to land a position that you love. First of all, note that headhunters typically work for recruiting agencies. So they work for a firm that employers hire to find great candidates. The term recruiter can be used by these professionals too, or it can be used by professionals who are employed by a specific company and who only fill roles at that particular company. Either of these types of…
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