What Is Reverse Recruiting?
Unlike traditional recruiters who work for companies to fill positions, reverse recruiters work directly for job seekers to secure them interviews.
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Can I just pay someone to find me a job?” reverse recruiting is the answer.
To clearly understand the work of a reverse recruiter, let’s talk about what a traditional recruiter does.
A traditional recruiter is a professional, often with experience in human resources, whose tasks involve filling open positions for businesses and organizations.
That is to say, recruiters work directly for the companies, not the job seekers.
Since recruiters are compensated by companies, not job seekers, it’s fairly reasonable that they won’t go out of their way to help any job seeker that approaches them.
Reverse recruiting is the exact opposite. Reverse recruiters are compensated by the job seeker to manage their job search, and thus have only the best interest of the job seeker in mind.
A Reverse recruiter is expected to search for qualified jobs, apply to those jobs on their client’s behalf, and do extensive networking to secure interviews.
Reverse recruiters are never compensated by the hiring company. Instead, they are paid directly by the job seeker to manage their job search.
If you’re considering hiring a reverse recruiter, there are a few questions you should ask yourself:
- Have you tried job searching on your own with few results?
- Are you too busy working full-time to manage your own job search?
If you answered yes to either of those questions, it might be time to hire a reverse recruiter.
After all, your profession is not job searching. So why should you be expected to be a pro at that? Instead, you can focus on what you’re great at, and let a professional reverse recruiter do what they are great at; finding you jobs!
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