How To Successfully Talk to a Headhunter
Today’s we’re talking about why an Executive Recruiter doesn’t return your calls. This is a question that I’m often asked.
I am Martin Buckland and I help senior executives across the world, reach their career goals.
Today’s topic is why don’t executive recruiters return your calls. There are many reasons why executive recruiters don’t return your calls today. An executive recruiter receives requests to meet about 50 times a day; 50 resume requests, 50 interviews. Imagine yourself in that chair behind that desk, 50 meetings each day, 50 interviews a day… it is going to take up their whole day. It’s not that they don’t want to return your calls, It’s just the time holds a great value to them.
The solution is that today you need to get in front of them through another way. I would suggest that if they have a researcher, you need to go and befriend that researcher, and then they might introduce you to the executive recruiter.
You also need to get on their database. So many executive search firms, where you can enter your resume via their website and then you will be in their database. It’s all about relationship building. Another way is through a referral. If you know somebody who knows that executive recruiter get them to refer you. They can bring huge value to your career.
For the executive recruiter, time is of the essence as it is to all of us and an executive recruiter receives 50 requests to meet or review a resume each day. It’s just impossible.
If you are in career transition, I would be happy to help. Please visit me on LinkedIn or go to my website, www.aneliteresume.com.
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I am passionate about helping you reach your career goals so I have an offer for you; a free resume critique and LinkedIn audit. I will offer you a no-obligation, no sales pitch, LinkedIn audit and resume critique. However, I do warn you, I am realistic and I will say it as it is, I am tough because I want you to learn what I’m going to tell you and I will remove all the red flags for you so you have a complete bank of green flags, so it will be clear sailing if you have to go into career transition.
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