Job hunting: Using a specialist recruitment agency

So you've decided it's time for the next step up the ladder in terms of your career. It's official you are now joining many others in the role of job hunter. But where to start? The maize of adverts and process in terms of trying to land yourself an interview is mind-boggling. Approaching a specialized recruitment agency like Communicate Recruitment could be the ideal solution to all your job search problems.

However, it's important to realize that although recruiters are there to assist with the job search and coordinate interviews with prospective new employers, at the end of the day it's still your careers search. So don't sit back, take charge. The reality is the more you are involved in the process the better the chances that you will easily find the next challenge in your career.

Some myths about recruitment:

Recruiters don't get people jobs
Although hard to believe recruiters don't actually get people jobs. Recruitment agencies assist you in finding a job. They facilitate the introduction, prepare you for the interview, provide insight into the interview process. But the hiring manager gives someone a job.

Experience and education tell the whole story
People are more complex than that. The good recruiters will be able to tell you that. The differentiating factor between a successful and unsuccessful recruitment consultant is the ability to listen to the candidate and more often than not read between the lines. At the end of the day, you want to work with someone that will keep your wishes top-of-mind, treat your CV confidential, and provide honest advice about your career options.

All recruitment agencies are the same
Unfortunately, this is not true. Like all industries that deliver a service to people, you need to do your homework before selecting a recruitment agency to assist you with your job search. It's important that the consultants you work with are highly skilled and experienced to match you to a specific position, according to the employers' expectations and corporate culture fit.

Remember that working with a specialist recruitment agency will provide you with the added benefit that you will have consultants assist with your career search that understands your industry, the unique trends, and have experience and a relationship with potential employers.

So if you are in the market for a new job opportunity, contact Communicate Recruitment. We are a specialist recruitment agency that offers jobs in Finance, IT, Engineering, or Supply Chain/Freight. We have Finance vacancies in accounting, auditing, taxation, and corporate finance jobs. A variety of IT vacancies ranging from developers to architects, consultants in CRM and ERP, through to project managers and systems engineers. Engineering vacancies in industries like civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, electronic, engineering sales, production, and trade. Supply Chain/Freight vacancies in procurement, production, logistics, freight as well as warehousing and distribution. Contact us today.

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