Benefits of a Good Recruiter in Your Job Search.
When searching for a new role, many people first go to job sites. Searching through pages and pages of semi-vague job descriptions, looking for something that resonates. Many people overlook the benefit of a good recruiter. Why is this? Well for starters bad recruiters tend to put a bad taste in people’s mouths…..and it can be hard to spot the good ones.
Many traditional recruiters operate via a cast-a-wide-net approach. Submitting candidates to as many different jobs as they can, ignoring the unique wants and needs of individual candidates, hoping that by sending their candidate everywhere that they are guaranteed an interview. They also are known to contact people even if their work history is vastly unrelated to the jobs they are hiring for. Unfortunately, this vitiates the reputation of recruiting as an industry even though a good recruiter can make a huge difference in your job search and success. Here are a few ways a recruiter can make the challenge of finding your next role easier:
Recruiters have access to a network of job opportunities that may not be publicly advertised. This means that through a recruiter, architects could gain access to roles that they otherwise may not have known about.
Recruiters can help identify strengths and goals that you have that would allow you to thrive at a firm that may not even be on your radar. With more firms than one can keep track of in the GTA, it is nice having someone to be able to compare and contrast different firms for you. They can give you a clearer picture of where you stand against the competition.
A well-informed recruiter can help provide market insights. As they speak and interact with many senior leaders and architecture and engineering firms, they can help provide information regarding many things such as the state of markets, projects currently underway, and company culture.
By properly identifying your values a good recruiter can help match you to a firm that will be a good fit on many levels. This plays into career guidance and not just looking for your next job.
Negotiating can also be done by the recruiters on behalf of the candidates. This ensures that you get a fair shot at a fair contract.
So next time you are in the market for a new role, don’t overlook the benefit of using a recruiter specializing in the architecture, engineering, interior design, and urban planning industries. Get in touch with us at Axis Recruitment and see just how different the process can be!
