Re: Hiring, but it's a secret?

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

voxwoman wrote:
>> Voxwoman intoned:

> In my case, I try very hard to find out the name of the company from the
> first recruiter. 

Try to get the name and the employer's unique identifier (usually a 
number) that identifies each of their vacancy announcement. Ask each 
recruiter who calls to givce you the employer name AND their 
announcement number. Then you can compare the number to any vacancy 
announcement numbers you've authorized your resume to be submitted for.

If you do this long enough, you'll arrive at a happy day when you rise 
above the recruiting fog to discover more than one unique announcement 
for similar or identical jobs. Hot diggity, you can submit yer resume 
for both.

I've seen this several times, but as often as not, they turn out not to 
be twin job vacancies, but the result of the employer withdrawing one 
announcement and then re-announcing the position a month later, with a 
new number. This kind of thing is good to catch, if only for the 
experience of having the recruiter marvel at how organized you are. At 
that point, you've got the recruiter's attention, and you can spend a 
half hour of quality time, picking their brains, They'll tell you just 
about anything you'd care to know :-)

> I have, in the past, received dozens of calls from different recruiters for
> the same job.
> 
> I believe the etiquette is the first person who submits you "owns" you.

But advise every recruiter you talk to that your resume is NOT to be 
submitted without your OK. They hate it because hot jobs move fast, and 
getting in touch with contractors can take hours or days, and worse 
still, some employers stop accepting resumes once they get their quota. 
Still, as far as I'm concerned, every recruiter interested in submitting 
me needs to check with me first, every time.

Of course, you can establish whatever policy you want your recuiter to 
follow, but having that control over who "owns" you seems like the 
sensible way to go, IMHO.  This is nothing new, but some agencies and 
recruiters need reminding.

Have fun,

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com

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