State of the Market

[willendure]

We are in the midst of a hiring recession, especially in the UK: ManpowerGroup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu6uYxkhz7E

[willendure]

When you spot a gig you like the look of, what do you do? Just fire off your CV and hope they call back? If that's all you're doing then consider being more pushy. Hunt down the agency, phone them up, ask to talk to the recruiter. Find them on LinkedIn and connect with them. Make sure they know who you are.

Even if you don't get the gig, use it as an opportunity to talk to agents and network with them. Offer to meet for a coffee, etc.

Great advice really.

I always try and hunt them down and get them on the phone. Frustratingly, more and more recruiters are hiding from phone calls nowadays. Or you call their work number but they are working from home and no call forwarding set up, and so on.

[SussexSeagull]

Tracking down recruiters can work but more just hide unless they absolutely have to.

[SchumiStars]

Great advice really.

I always try and hunt them down and get them on the phone. Frustratingly, more and more recruiters are hiding from phone calls nowadays. Or you call their work number but they are working from home and no call forwarding set up, and so on.

I might try this, next week. Nothing to lose. Never done it this way before tbh, just applied for roles and if they like me, they will call. It's worked so far, bar the last 2years

I use it as a measure tbh i.e. if the CV is good they will call, if it is unreadable or a horrible format the phone is quiet. I have had both extremes before.

If the cv does not impress the agent, the client will also not not engage. Good agents are worth their weight in gold. They have the contacts, the companies, they know how to sell CVs to their customers.

The difficulty being the current market, if there are 300 CVs for a role then it will become difficult to stand out.

[ladymuck]

The difficulty being the current market, if there are 300 CVs for a role then it will become difficult to stand out.

And that's exactly why you need to be pushy. I too have followed the same approach for many years but it's not like that any more.

[Bluenose]

The difficulty being the current market, if there are 300 CVs for a role then it will become difficult to stand out.

As you are benched, get clued up on how recruiters use linked in from their prespective.

https://business.linkedin.com/talent...ied-candidates

Not saying the CV is dead but personally, I think its dead and it died when linkedin enabled its new AI features and there was big churns in recruitment teams/downsizing.

[SussexSeagull]

As you are benched, get clued up on how recruiters use linked in from their prespective.

https://business.linkedin.com/talent...ied-candidates

Not saying the CV is dead but personally, I think its dead and it died when linkedin enabled its new AI features and there was big churns in recruitment teams/downsizing.

Admittedly I am not the best advert as I haven't worked since May but most of my leads come through being approached via LinkedIn. A lot of roles don't get advertised anymore.