Comments on: How to Work with a Clean Tech Recruiter http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/05/how-to-work-with-a-clean-tech-recruiter/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deb Arnasonhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/05/how-to-work-with-a-clean-tech-recruiter/comment-page-1/#comment-73104 Deb Arnason Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:51:14 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/05/how-to-work-with-a-clean-tech-recruiter/#comment-73104 While it is true a recruiter collects a good-sized fee from the employer, it can certainly be worthwhile to get a great job in a timely and hassle-free manner by going through an agency. Trying to to market yourself to every potential opportunity is not possible (or desirable) and puts you in heavy competition with every Tom-Dick-Harry-Jane in a pile of resumes.It's like trying to buy a home without a realtor. Sure, great bargains exist, but you have to be unusually savvy and lucky to find one.Deb Arnason, clean energy advocate, retired Employment counselor While it is true a recruiter collects a good-sized fee from the employer, it can certainly be worthwhile to get a great job in a timely and hassle-free manner by going through an agency. Trying to to market yourself to every potential opportunity is not possible (or desirable) and puts you in heavy competition with every Tom-Dick-Harry-Jane in a pile of resumes.

It’s like trying to buy a home without a realtor. Sure, great bargains exist, but you have to be unusually savvy and lucky to find one.

Deb Arnason, clean energy advocate, retired Employment counselor

]]> By: Brandon Conardhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/05/how-to-work-with-a-clean-tech-recruiter/comment-page-1/#comment-9389 Brandon Conard Mon, 25 May 2009 20:30:27 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/05/how-to-work-with-a-clean-tech-recruiter/#comment-9389 Qualified applicants should be wary that recruiters come with a big price tag. They charge 10-30% of the first year salary. In other words, for a $100,000 a year job, your would-be employer has to pay the recruiter $30,000 to hire you! <p> That has at least two major implications for the applicant: <p> (1) smaller or low margin firms will not consider applicants from recruiters. Strike cool start-ups off your job list. <p> (2) you get a lower starting salary, because the company has to pay off the recruiter's overhead. Remember, that $30,000 fee is coming from somewhere, and it is likely going to lead back to you. <p> To avoid these two problems, just do what the recruiter would do for you. Review craigslist and the job boards once a day. <p> - Brandon Conard, C.E.O., <a href="http://www.bluemapinc.com/" rel="nofollow"> BlueMap, Inc. </a> (Hiring for a Senior Energy Auditor) </p></p></p></p></p> Qualified applicants should be wary that recruiters come with a big price tag. They charge 10-30% of the first year salary. In other words, for a $100,000 a year job, your would-be employer has to pay the recruiter $30,000 to hire you!

That has at least two major implications for the applicant:

(1) smaller or low margin firms will not consider applicants from recruiters. Strike cool start-ups off your job list.

(2) you get a lower starting salary, because the company has to pay off the recruiter’s overhead. Remember, that $30,000 fee is coming from somewhere, and it is likely going to lead back to you.

To avoid these two problems, just do what the recruiter would do for you. Review craigslist and the job boards once a day.

- Brandon Conard, C.E.O., BlueMap, Inc. (Hiring for a Senior Energy Auditor)

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