Recruitment

Seanachai

Can anybody recommend a good recruiter for IT & office jobs, I'm looking to change jobs. I've been in a state of inertia where I am for a while and I'm not even sure what else is out there to be honest.

garlicmayo

Recruiters.ie Brilliant bunch of people, great to deal with and interested in you as a candidate as much as their clients. would advise to check out their website for positions of interest and then ringing for a chat before sending in CV to get best result!! Best of luck.

Eoin

Recruiters work for the employers, not the candidate - I'd spread the net wide.

Seanachai

Eoin wrote: »

Recruiters work for the employers, not the candidate - I'd spread the net wide.

Do you mean using sites like Linkedin?

Eoin

Definitely get your profile up-to-date and check out the jobs section. But I would never pick an agency or 2 to find me work, I'd be scouring all the job sites and contacting any who had interesting roles advertised.

Mc Love

I wouldnt bother with agencies, they're a law onto themselves. Have been disappointed with everyone I've been in contact with

Eoin

Mc Love wrote: »

I wouldnt bother with agencies, they're a law onto themselves. Have been disappointed with everyone I've been in contact with

They can be pain to deal with, but you are severely limiting your options if you only go direct to employers.

Mezcita

Eoin wrote: »

They can be pain to deal with, but you are severely limiting your options if you only go direct to employers.

Couldn't disagree more. Agencies charge employers huge amounts for sourcing candidates. Go direct and you can leverage the saving in salary negotiations.

Eoin

Mezcita wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more. Agencies charge employers huge amounts for sourcing candidates. Go direct and you can leverage the saving in salary negotiations.

You're unlikely to be paid a lot more (if any) because there's no agency fee involved; it's normally a different budget. I am in the middle of hiring someone and there's absolutely zero difference in the salary whether the candidate is direct or through an agency.

A lot of companies only deal with agencies. There will be more roles you can apply for if you go through agencies, I can't see how that can be argued with. You might have to deal with a bit more BS, but despite all the moaning about agencies here, it's not really that much of a ballache that people make it out to be.

jimmycrackcorm

Eoin wrote:

They can be pain to deal with, but you are severely limiting your options if you only go direct to employers.

If you can reach out to a network of contracts, such as linked in then you might come across roles where there is an employee incentive to help your cause.

Eoin

Absolutely - I'm not saying you need to go through agencies. But I've no doubt that avoiding them will reduce the number of roles you can apply for.

Mezcita

Eoin wrote: »

You're unlikely to be paid a lot more (if any) because there's no agency fee involved; it's normally a different budget. I am in the middle of hiring someone and there's absolutely zero difference in the salary whether the candidate is direct or through an agency.

That's an example from your company. On a wider level companies resent the spend on agencies as they add little value to the process of recruitment (the whole spam managers with CVs until one fits is a bit annoying).

Eoin wrote: »

A lot of companies only deal with agencies.

LinkedIn says hello. About half of their revenue comes from giving companies direct access to candidates so that they can source them directly. Instead of having to go down the agency route.

Eoin wrote: »

There will be more roles you can apply for if you go through agencies, I can't see how that can be argued with. You might have to deal with a bit more BS, but despite all the moaning about agencies here, it's not really that much of a ballache that people make it out to be.

Find the company you want to work for and apply via their own site. Simple.

Agencies have piss.ed off too many people across multiple industries because they provide very little in terms of value add. Both on the client and candidate side.

Eoin

Yeah, not all companies use agencies. Many do, and that doesn't usually affect the salary. I'm well aware of LinkedIn recruitment, not all companies have the resources or skills to recruit directly themselves. Agencies are not our first port of call, but we will use them if (and often when) the direct applicants are not what we're looking for.

I'm not saying agencies are brilliant - though the quality of candidates I got through them was in general much better than the direct applicants. They can be a pain to deal with, and I'm not saying otherwise. I am saying that you are most likely reducing the options when you refuse to deal with them.

Maybe there's a great role with a company you don't know about so wouldn't think of searching for that company.