Twin Cities EHS Pros- heads-up
Just wanted to let everyone in this wonderful community know that a local twin cities company is out looking for an EHS Engineer. I had a call with a recruiter and it was a nice experience but ultimately I declined further interviews for economic reasons. The pay was good but well below where I'm at now. For someone looking in the correct range, and in or around the Twin Cities (MN) I would suggest reaching out to Milan Virant on LinkedIn.
Full disclosure I don't know him other than the 20 minutes we spent talking on the phone, however I got much better "vibes" (or whatever) than I have from other recruiters. Thought I'd post for anyone interested. Keep those spicy memes coming on LinkedIn
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You should direct him to post on our job board so we can mail it out to everyone!
As a very experienced recruiter I would give a few pieces of advice dealing with ALL recruiters/head hunters! (They hate that last term, by the way. )
#1 There are very good recruiters and very bad head hunters! They are hard to tell the difference sometimes. Know the people you deal with! A bad one can tarnish your name in the "job-world"! A good one can find you that dream job!
#2 Never just send your resume to a recruiter/head hunter. If you do that you put a price on your head. Let's say you are out looking for a job. On your own you find the job of your dreams. You accept the offer and are "as happy as a clam!" A few minutes later you get a call from your new employer asking if you had sent XYZ Recruiting your resume? You say, "Now that you mention it, I did about 3 months ago, but I had forgotten!" The new employer says, Well XYZ wants a fee of >25% of your annual salary as they had send me a resume 10 weeks ago, that I forgot too. I have to pull our offer as I cannot pay the 25%".
Moral of the story you tell every recruiter that has your resume they do not send it to ANYONE unless you approve it. Put it in writing in the email you send the resume.
Remember they do not work for free! You do not want a price on your head unless you must.
#3 Related to #2 is some bad recruiters will just flood resumes out there! You do not want that! That is another reason you want to know where your resume is going!
Overall using recruiters in another tool in the toolbox of job hunting! Like any tool it should be used in some circumstances and not in others and you should know how to use it.
AS a HR Manager in a very large corporation our culture saw using an external recruiter has last resort. Using one was a negative reflection on my own recruiting skills unless the job was very unique or specialized (or a very high level executive). Be careful......