Where Is Your Resume? Who Has Your Resume? And Most Importantly Who Is Sending Your Resume To Hiring Managers Without Your Consent?

Did you just put your resume on one of the major job boards like CareerBuilder.com or Monster.com? If you did, it probably seemed like a reasonable thing to do since you may be looking to get a job. The reality of this is that this may not be the best thing to do out of the gate. First and foremost it lends to becoming complacent. Job seekers who do this tend to believe that their resume is now in good hands and that their phone will soon ring with offers. This is not necessarily true. That is why many (even millions) of people upload their resumes to these major job boards and get zero response.

One thing that every job candidate needs to better understand is that their resume is their job life-line. Job seekers should absolutely know where their resume is at all times and who is forwarding it to companies in hopes to get you hired. Better yet, job seekers should track their resumes and any correspondence/communication they receive from their resume(s).

Using a recruiter doesnt necessarily solve this either. It may sound great on the surface that someone or some people are marketing your resume in efforts to land you a job, but the reality is that this may not be such a good thing either. The key is using the right job recruiter and more importantly a reputable job recruiter.

A reputable job recruiting firm will never send your resume out without corresponding with you and asking the following important questions.

1. Have you ever been submitted for job employment to ABC Company?
2. I have an open job with ABC Company that you would seem to be a good fit for, and I would like to talk to them about your background. Can we send your resume? (And sometimes there is no formal job posted anywhere but since we have a long relationship with ABC company, and more importantly with TOM, THE HIRING MANAGER we would like to talk to them about you to see if there is any interest. We have placed many positions by doing the latter believe it or not).

When selecting a recruiter, simply ask them if they do this. Demand that they don't. This is one of the many questions you should ask a job recruiter before you begin having them work for you.

Now let’s clear something up in regards to this process. If you’re working with a search firm (job recruiter) who tells you that they can’t tell you the name of the company they want to send your resume to because it’s a confidential search, then what they need to do is provide you with where the job is and the details on what the job is at a minimum!

It’s really not a good thing to have your resume show up on a hiring manager’s desk from more than one person or recruiter! Our many years of job recruiting experience with this is that when it happens the hiring company probably won’t ask to bring you in and secondly it makes you look desperate.



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Greg Angelillo
Online Editor
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