Tom Sorensen | NPAworldwide

Do you know about the biggest delusion in recruitment?

So let’s start by addressing the biggest delusion or myth in recruitment: that recruiters find jobs for people. 

True or false?

I’m sorry to tell you, and to be blunt about this, but it’s not only a delusion, a mistaken belief. 

It’s totally nonsense. 

Recruiters and headhunters do not find jobs for people; 
they find people for jobs!

When you think about it, these two models are very different concepts. They are so far from each other that I wouldn’t even use the popular Thai expression, “same same but different”. 

If you have ever been approached by a recruiter or headhunter about a new job opportunity, you know that recruiters are not paid by the candidates but by their client companies. 

Definition: A delusion, hallucination, mistaken belief, and myth mean something that is believed to be true or real but that is actually false or unreal.

Who pays the recruitment firm?

Clients as in companies pay recruiters to identify and present suitable candidates for very specific positions, with very specific and hard-to-find requirements. Read more…

It’s not personal, it’s business

If your profile appears to come close to what a client has requested, you will be the first to know – trust me. Read more…

Top 10 etiquette rules working with recruiters

So, let’s count down the top 10 faux pas, as they say in French, of etiquette rules and social norms when working with headhunters, executive search firms and recruitment companies. 

1.Dear Bob when my name is Tom Read more…

2.Resume of too many pages Read more…

3.Dressed up for Saturday night disco when going to an interview Read more…

4.If you fail to prepare, be prepared to fail Read more…

5.Claim you got an MBA when you actually didn’t Read more…

6.You forgot to mention that allowance of 25,000 Read more…

7.Merge two jobs into one period and one company name Read more…

8.Say one thing to the recruiter and something else to my client Read more…

9.Cancel an interview at the last minute or not show up at all Read more…

10.Accepting a counter offer from your current employer Read more…