Why Being Represented by a Good Rec2Rec is Crucial to the Success of Your Career Search.

As anyone in the industry knows, recruitment can be battlefield. For every recruiter that is good, there are ten that are very good. Each recruitment company wants the best recruiters.  It makes sense in the cyclical world of recruitment. Best recruiter = Best candidate = Happy client.

So, if you are searching for a position in recruitment, why use a rec2rec? After all, you know the industry, you’ll get by…Wrong!

Here are three important reasons why you should be represented by an exceptional rec2 rec company.

Networking

You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” A rec2rec company will have an army of contacts and a wide network of acquaintances in the recruitment industry. The truth is they tend to know about all the best roles that are coming up before anyone else does. Rec to Rec companies are constantly building working relationships and are always networking with other recruiters in every sector imaginable.

For you that means, they are able to profile you behalf to people in the sectors you are interested in before anyone else can. Here is a tip for you. Keep in contact with your rec to rec company on a regular basis, even if you are totally happy. You know the saying about front of mind. So who do you think they will ring when that key role appears?

Experience

Experience is one aspect of a rec2rec representative that can often be overlooked. To give you an example at GSR2R all our recruiters have at least five years’ experience. The majority of our consultants have also worked as recruiters in the sectors they recruit for.

Whilst you’re searching for the right company to embrace in your recruitment career search, our consultants at GSR2R will already have the heads up on that organisation. It’s easy to accept a role in a recruitment company too quickly, for reasons such as distance, convenience or financial; but what if you don’t like it? What if your personality does not match the company culture?

This is something that at GSR2R we pride ourselves on. We will often know (or can find out) more than you. This can save your months of frustration if you accept a position in the wrong company for you.

Reputation

At GSR2R we pride ourselves on our own value we have been around for 12 years this year and won the best recruitment company just a few years ago because of our standards of service. All our recruiters have a minimum of five years behind them. They would not risk matching a recruiter with a company that would clash.

Our company brand and motto is work to live, live to work, because in our experience when you are matched with the right company for you that is exactly what happens. At GSR2R we are not just a company and employee matchmaker, far from it.

We play many roles! From employment counsellors, motivational speakers, confidence builders, legal advisors amongst many other things. Our reputation is honed through years of people liaison. We work tirelessly to campaign for you to ensure that you are matched with the right company. Our commitment to you is that we will always try to place you in the right job for you at the right point in your career development.

If this is the first time you have found us, keep connected. We are on facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all the time.

Till next time,

Cheryl