5 Resources to Finding a Recruiter and Landing a Job - CareerAlley

5 Resources to Finding a Recruiter and Landing a Job - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. A former coworker called me a few months ago (having tracked me down after 20+ years) and wanted to meet for lunch to catchup. Her career over the last 20 years had started out quite good, but had been on a bit of a plateau for the last 10 years or so. Most recently, she found out that her current job would end in the very near future as she had successfully eliminated her own job (by outsourcing her function not the smartest move). So part of our conversation was what she was doing to find a new job. The answer, amazingly, was NOTHING! How can that possibly be? I asked, you should be spending all of your free time looking for a job. Her view was that she did not think it would take her a long time to find a job, so why should she do any work now? Of course my immediate thought was that she was underestimating the enormity of looking and finding a job. She had, in effect, made a molehill out of a mountain. Todays post is about finding recruiters. Directories of Recruiters Best to start out with the mother of all recruiters list from the Riley Guide. One of the best job search resources on the Internet, the Riley Guide directories of recruiters is like a list of lists. The main page starts off with a bunch of free directories to help you find a recruiter. This is followed by a list of fee-based directories (but first exhaust the free directories). TheRecruiterNetwork This website provides a listing of recruiters and allows posting your profile so that they can find you. The right hand side of the page has a list of featured recruiters. Click on Job Seekers from the top of the page to link to the sign-on page. Create a free profile which will be used as a way for these firms to find you. Use the featured recruiter list to look at individual recruiters. Headhuntersdirectory This site provides an online list of headhunters and recruiters that is free to use. The main page leads with an overview of the site and a regional selection page. Select your region to continue. For the US link, the next page lists all of the states down the left hand side of the page and a graphical map view where you can select your state. Clicking your state leads to a city listing to further refine your search. Clicking on a city leads to a list of recruiters where you can click on their website link to find out more about the firms, how to apply for jobs and additional resources. CareerAlley Recruiters Directory Another directory for you to search (this one is CareerAlleys list). An alphabetical list of recruiters with direct links to their websites. Also take a look at 5 Tips for Working with Recruiters and The Four Legs of Job Search. Findarecruiter The title is self-explanatory and their tag line Find Recruiters Headhunters Executive Search Consultants Employment Agencies Staffing Firms Search Professionals supports the name of the site. The main page has featured recruiters on the left (click on any of these to be taken to their website). The right hand side of the page has a search engine where you enter your criteria to find a recruiting professional. Once the engine returns a list, you can view the available jobs for those recruiters. The left hand side of the page now displays Partner Recruiters (where you can also click to link). Book Corner: [easyazon_link asin=B00IGTKHLE locale=US new_window=default nofollow=default tag=caree07-20 add_to_cart=default cloaking=default localization=default popups=default]How to Work With Recruiters Effectively: Get Headhunters to Market You[/easyazon_link] We are always eager to hear from our readers. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions regarding CareerAlley content. Good luck in your search,Joey Google+ what where job title, keywords or company city, state or zip jobs by