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Many job seekers use recruitment agencies but are you well represented by these?

As I mentioned in Tip#4 you need to get connected and expand your professional network. Obviously the recruitment agency is a good way of hopefully getting connected to potential employers. The recruitment agency can work on your behalf while you concentrate on other aspects of your job search, such as applying for jobs directly, building your profile on social networking sites and perfecting your CV and Interview preparation.

So here goes Tip#5: How to most effectively utilise the recruitment agent’s services. Firstly you must remember that it is in the recruitment agencies interest to find candidates for companies rather then find companies for candidates. Bearing this in mind,it is important that the recruitment agency is suitably impressed with you so they deem you to be an adequate candidate for all potential jobs that match your skill set. Thus it is important to maintain an aura of professionalism, try and treat any dealings with the agency like a job interview.

Due to the large number of recruitment agencies operating in Ireland, it can be hard to know which recruitment agencies to start your job search with. I would not get overwhelmed by this, dip your toes in and try a few, in my opinion it is not the agency but the consultant that matters most. Hopefully you won’t get to know your consultant too well! But it is important that you are suitably impressed with the consultant and vice versa before you go down that job hunting path hand in hand. Find a couple of consultants and see how you get on for a few weeks, after which if you are not happy you can cancel the relationship and look to other agencies. It is also important to keep in regular contact with your consultant to ensure that you don’t drop to the back in their list of priorities.

When it comes to using recruitment agencies the biggest piece of advice I can offer is to not use multiple agencies and grant them permission to send of your CV willy nilly. You must keep track of which companies receive your CV. So make sure that the recruitment agent gets your approval before each CV is sent. This ensures that you can have a good look at the job spec and tailor your CV to match it before the CV is sent (see Tip#1). It also allows you to get your job serach diary organised (see Tip#3).

Please feel free to leave any comments based upon your experience of dealing with recruitment agencies.If any of my tips have helped you get that interview, then we at Sonru can help you prepare just click here. If you want a taste of how our Video Interview Preparation works take a free interview here and let us know if you like it!