The Top 7 Most – Asked Questions About Executive Recruiting

The Top 7 Most - Asked Questions

Executive recruiting is

an industry which brings

together qualified

candidates who are

looking for jobs with

companies looking to

hire for those jobs.


For job-seekers, a

competent executive

recruiter can serve as a

"one stop shop" providing

a database as well as a foot

in the door for a plethora

of suitable positions.


For companies looking to

hire, a good recruiter can

take a lot of the legwork out

of finding qualified

candidates, screening them,

running background checks,

calling references, and all the

other tedious duties inherent

in the hiring process.


Want to know more

about executive

recruiting? Here are the

answers to the seven

most common questions

people ask.


What is an executive

recruiter?


An executive recruiter is

someone who recruits

qualified candidates for

open job positions.


They usually don't work

for the job-seeker but for

the company doing the

hiring, meaning that's

who pays them when a

placement

is made.


However, some high-end

job-seekers such as

doctors and attorneys

occasionally hire

executive recruiters to

work on their behalf.


How does an

executive recruiter

get paid?


Typically, they are paid

by the business for

placing a qualified

candidate in an open

position.


The specific fee is

negotiated on an

individual basis by the

hiring company and the

recruiting firm. It is

usually a percentage of the

new employee's first-year

salary.


Do executive recruiters

make good money?


Executive recruiting is like

a lot of other professions.

The folks who are really

good at it have that

aptitude reflected in their

paychecks; the ones who

aren't so good tend to

struggle financially.


For someone who is a

people-person, good at

networking, and skilled

at problem-solving,

executive recruiting can

be a lucrative career.


Why should a

company who is

looking to hire

consider using an

executive recruiter?


The biggest reason is that

good executive recruiters

are experts in the field of

scouting and evaluating

talent while a department

head looking to hire a new

team member typically is

not.


It's similar to the difference

between washing your own

car and taking it to a

reputable car wash. Another

reason is that there is a lot of

tedium involved in hiring

that can divert resources

from productive activities.


By using a recruiting

firm, a business can

reallocate a lot of

minutiae to someone

else.


Why should a job-

seeker consider

working with an

executive recruiter?


Not only do they have access

to a lot of job openings that

aren't posted online or in the

classifieds, they have

personal relationships with

the companies doing the

hiring.


Therefore, they have

unique insight, and they

can give a job-seeker

valuable tips on dos and

don'ts when interviewing

with a particular

company.


What kinds of

businesses typically

employ executive

recruiters?


All kinds of businesses

across many industries

avail themselves of the

services of executive

recruiters.


These include medical

practices, law firms,

banks, wealth

management firms, CPA

firms and many others.


How can one be sure

to choose the best

executive recruiter in

his area?


As with barbers or

Italian restaurants, who

is the "best" is highly

subjective.


The goal should be to find

the executive recruiter

who is the best fit for a

given job.


This can be done by

perusing online reviews

and more importantly,

interviewing prospective

recruiters on a

one-on-one basis.


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make a change in the

financial advisor

industry, we can help.


Our financial advisor

recruiters are always

ready to accommodate

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