By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
It seems like this is a junior person asking the question. Should you trust recruiters? Do you trust your doctor, accountant, insurance agent completely or do you seek confirmation?
I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I coach people. I try and help people be more effective in work, whether that’s with a job search, with hiring, managing, leading, the overall process of the workplace.
Should I trust recruiters? Do you trust architects or would you shop for an architect? Do you trust insurance people, car salesmen, accountants or would you shop for an accountant, service person, any other profession? Of course, you’d shop. You do comparison shopping. You try and see that what you’re being told is accurate or whether there’s conflict.
In foreign policy, there’s a former US president who said, trust but verify. They may tell you something but your job in the interview is to verify what you’re being told. If they talk with you about career advancement opportunities, you ask about career advancement opportunities.
If they talk with you about the salary range for the role, you ask about the salary range for the role. Everything they say, you have to substantiate because people get weird when money’s involved. That’s true of all those other professions and the same is true of recruiters, especially as you get closer to the deal, especially as you get closer to the offer.
They’re going to say a whole bunch of stuff because part of it is they’re being told things by the employer and the employer is who they really work for. Up until that point, they are your best friend. That’s how they present themselves to you.
They are friendly. They are cordial. They tell you all sorts of good stuff that helps you do well on interviews.
It’s great. But get close to the offer. The company is telling them what price they’re prepared to pay.
They’re starting to talk you down. They’re talking with you about career advancement opportunities but you need to verify that with the employer. They’re talking with you about a whole bunch of stuff and you need to verify.
Should you be trusting to the point that you surrender your brain to the recruiter? Absolutely not. Just like you shouldn’t with any other service professional. But should you listen, substantiate what you’re being told and, as you hear things, lower your guard until you get to offer phase? That’s okay.
And then when you get to offer phase, do not, I repeat, do not completely trust what you’re being told. The fact of the matter is, for the contingency recruiters, they’ve got a large commission that they’re counting on with you. And they will . . . many of them will say and do anything in order to get the job.
You always want to be verifying with the employer what you’re being told. I’m Jeff Altman. I hope you found this helpful.
My website is TheBigGameHunter.us. I’ll simply say what you ought to be doing is visiting my website. Sorry, something distracted me. Visiting my website, going to the blog.
I’ve got thousands of posts there that will help you find work. And if you’re interested in one-on-one coaching, on the home page, there’s a button where you can schedule a free discovery call or coaching session with me. If you’re watching on YouTube, click the small icon in the lower right hand corner.
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