How to get the most from the relationship with your recruiter

How to get the most from the relationship
with your recruiter

Honesty is ALWAYS the best policy

Give us the good and the bad. While discretion can be a valuable tool in some situations, when you're working with a recruiter, honesty is much more productive. One distinct advantage your MedTeam Staffing recruiter can provide is the support to achieve your income and career goals. It's vital to communicate this information. Talk about your bottom line related to job demands, salary and perks. You and your recruiter need to know what points are negotiable and which ones are not.

Your recruiter provides other benefits as well. Through interview preparation, he or she will help you position yourself in the best light. Remember, they want you to get the job. If you openly discuss how to handle questions about a previous layoff, a personality conflict with a manager or a failed project, your recruiter can help you respond in a positive and appropriate manner.

If your situation changes, notify your recruiter. Perhaps you've decided not to move, or have obtained a new certification or your family situation has changed. Perhaps after looking for a while, you've decided to broaden your geographic preferences. Perhaps you've married and your new spouse needs a job. It's important to let your recruiter know so that effort is not wasted and that you are not presented to facilities that are inappropriate for you.

Don't call five or six recruiters and send each one your resume. This can create a large amount of unwanted confusion and phone calls. It's better to work with one or, at most, two recruiters with whom you have developed trust. If you decide to work with more than one recruiter, let them know about each other. You must avoid being presented to the same facility by more than one recruiter.

The Speed Factor (vs. Haste)

There are distinctions between speed and haste. In finding a job, speed and timing is everything. Research has found that fast decisions are the single most effective action facilities can take to hire the most qualified candidates.

Haste is quite another matter, especially as it relates to your career. At MedTeam Staffing we don't cut corners. To ensure a good match, we listen to your concerns, and will provide as much information as you need about a facility prior to the interviews. When your offer arrives, you will have been completely prepared and can accept with the assurance that nothing has been missed.

YOU can help in this crucial process by:

	Submitting your resume and Skills Checklist is a timely fashion.
	Returning phone calls and responding promptly to emails. Your recruiter needs to have appropriate access to you when facilities express an interest in you or if your recruiter wants to present a facility to you.
	Arrive on time or early for interviews.
	Follow up with your recruiter immediately after all interviews, discussing your interest level and opportunities. Delays in response time back to the client may convey the wrong message.
	Be polite. You need to sell yourself not only to the staff at the facility but also to your recruiter. Recruiters are gatekeepers and if you don't make a favorable impression with your recruiter, they can't represent you appropriately to the facility.
	Alert references about potential inquiries and request that they respond promptly as well.
	Make decisions as quickly as reasonably possible. Being prompt benefits you as well. Those who labor over decisions - even if they are the best qualified for a position - have lost out to less desirable candidates willing to move at a faster pace.

When a MedTeam Staffing recruiter calls you, or when you call them, a process is set in motion that can sometimes be overwhelming. You want to find the best situation for your family and yourself. Work with a firm that has both the expertise in your specialty and the professional staff that is capable to representing you effectively.