A major benefit to working with a seasoned recruiter in any job search is relationships. Successful recruiters have been building key relationships with hiring managers for years. These relationships are constantly cultivated and maintained in order to be available to meet urgent talent needs in a timely fashion with the greatest understanding of what a particular role means to a candidate. A resume isn’t submitted to a machine, but rather to an actual hiring manager who can more clearly see each candidate’s background and value because the recruiter has also built a relationship with his or her candidates.
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This is even more true today when many companies are desperate to hire but are often overloaded with resumes. Many of these resumes are being rejected outright because of the impersonal electronic means that candidates must use to submit their qualifications.
Jessica Stillman, in her Inc.com article titled “In the Middle of the Great Resignation, Employers Are Rejecting Millions of Qualified Workers, New Harvard Research Finds,” describes the dilemma of qualified workers who are eager to work but find themselves on the wrong side of inadequate screening software.
A scroll through business media or even a stroll through your local downtown is enough to reveal just how desperate companies are to hire right now. “Help Wanted” signs adorn nearly every shop window, and the press is full of stories of companies offering extraordinary perks to attract talent.
Given the incredible difficulty of hiring during “the Great Resignation,” you’d therefore probably be pretty shocked to hear that many of America’s most respected businesses are turning away millions of qualified applicants for no good reason at all. But that’s just what recent research from Harvard and Accenture found.
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