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What can a niche recruiter do for me as a candidate? Next week we can explore this idea as a hiring manager. These are incredibly important with different functions that are served by the niche recruiter to both parties, and the junction of the two creates opportunities and new hires. And that is what a good niche recruiter does.

Find Openings, Submit Resumes, Then What?

Let’s explore the role of a recruiter working directly with a candidate. The number one thing most candidates think is that we provide job leads and just circulate resumes for them. However, in essence, you don’t need a recruiter to do that for you.  You can certainly find leads and send out resumes yourself; yet what you cannot do is manage the process. Why?  Because you are the process. The need for a third party is essential to keep both the candidate and the company in the same place at the same time. Anyone can submit a resume and move on, but a niche recruiter knows his or her expertise and exactly what it will take to get hired for the candidate.

The Niche Recruiter Puts Your Best Foot Forward, Always

The niche recruiter is in constant communication with the hiring manager – asking all the right questions while providing the right information as needed to keep your candidacy moving forward, and not stalling through various points. Basically just getting the job done. When it comes to negotiating compensation packages, the niche recruiter knows exactly what it will take for you to get hired. If there are blemishes on your record, that same recruiter would have presented those issues up front and worked through them if surmountable. If not, they would have withdrawn your candidacy with that particular employer, since they know what HR will allow and what causes a complete upheaval if you’re forward processed.

Your Best & Most Trusted Advisor

The recruiter does so much more behind the scenes to guide you through the process. They can help you with your executive summary and crafting your business plan. They can guide you through the proper way to handle interviews and their process. Because the niche recruiter knows the firms extremely well, they will match your sector niche and culture desired with the right firm for you to explore. A niche recruiter will introduce you to one firm and only one firm at a time – as it’s their responsibility to identify the right fit for you the first time. It’s only if the firm does not see the fit that a new firm can and will be introduced. There is so much more that a good recruiter can do for you and your career. So find that right niche recruiter and let them guide you through the process that is tailored-made for you.

Conclusion

You don’t need a resume to chat with us! If you would like to discuss your options, please reach out for a confidential conversation at 760-477-1284 or email at harlan@hfriedmansearch.com. He can also be reached on LinkedIn. Harlan publishes a blog every Thursday here. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here, which is a compilation of our weekly blogs, so you never miss one. 

About Harlan Friedman, JD & Founding Member, H. Friedman Search LLC. Harlan is a thirty-year veteran Public Finance Banker turned recruiter who specializes in the placement of all levels Public Finance Bankers, Healthcare Bankers, Municipal Advisors, Compliance Officers, Issuers, and Bond Counsels.