Five Tips To Help You Get The Most Out of Your Employment Agency

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am

Employment agencies can be the key to finding your dream job but then again they have a constant flow of job applicants being interviewed on a daily basis. There are some simple measures that you can take to enhance your application, this post highlights five of them.

Ask that they seek your permission before forwarding your resume

If hiring managers receive the same resume from a number of sources it infuriates them, so ensure you know in advance where your resume is being sent.

Build a bond with your recruiter.

By this I do not mean swamping him/her with calls, just keep in touch regularly once every 2 weeks perhaps. Don’t be pushy or take any job frustrations out on him/her, they will be just as eager as you to find a job for you as in most cases they will earn commission from it.

Register with their website

Most employment agencies update their websites on a daily basis, people who are registered are the first to get information about these roles, so if a role comes in that you think might be suitable for you, contact your recruiter straight away to source more information about the job.

If the agency secures an interview for you then arrange to meet with them a 2nd time.

There are a number of reasons why you should do this but most important of all is to find out if other candidates had been for interview, if so find out what were the reasons why they were unsuccessful. Garnering this information will allow you be best prepared for what questions to expect from the company on the day of the interview.

Send a follow-up email

This email should thank the recruiter for his/her time, tell them that you look forward to working with them and that (and this is the key part) you particularly look forward to working together on your application for the “Recruitment Manager” role (for example) as having had more time to think following the interview, you think this is the ideal role for you and that if the client company requests any more information you will gladly supply it. This email will work to your advantage because if the recruiter has a good relationship with the hiring manager he/she may forward that mail to him/her thus letting the hiring manager become aware of your high level of interest in the job.

Employment agencies will be just as keen as you to fill that dream job, so do all that you can to ensure that it is your application that they deem to be the most suitable