Comments on: Why are recruiters trying to kill job boards?

By: PC

PC — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:42:49 +0000

I once went to see a client, and as he had no job description, I wrote one based on our conversation, to be used by other consultants. I sent it to him for approval and he was very pleased. Imagine my surprise when 2 days later when I saw my job description word for word on another recruiters ad!! Needless to say I wasn’t best pleased!

Too many ads nowadays are just cut and pasted job descriptions, and it doesn’t engage with the candidate, and is not providing clients with value for money or a proper service. What it also does, is that it often gives clues on who the client is, which can often mean the recruiter being bypassed, many times I see a clients name in an ad as they have copied and pasted the job description without checking it.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:40:06 +0000

All too true, its the same when you are canvassing companies. If each call is different and specific to that organisation, you will have more success.

Very few consultants spend time on the phone getting the real details of the vacancies, again the more detail the better the ad, the more detail the easier to sell to candidates that applied, the more detail the candidate is better prepared and guess what! The better chance you have in placing someone with the client too.

By: Andy Headworth

Andy Headworth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:37:17 +0000

Alasdair,

Totally agree with your rhetoric here – “job description is not a sales tool”

I preach it to every client I work for, and they seem genuinly surprised when you tell them this!

Maybe you should set up a series of free workshops to deliver your message?

Andy