Firstly, if you have helped to make the recruiter's job easier, you will probably be perceptive enough to make your future manager's job easier. Remember that hiring good candidates is the recruiter's primary motivation. Secondly, if you make the recruiter's job easier, it will be less work for him or her to hire you than to hire someone else. Remember that recruiters are overworked. Finally, if you have made life easier for the recruiter, he or she will probably like you.
Recruiters hire people that they like.
Differentiating yourself as a candidate by helping recruiters can be a tremendous aid in getting the best job for you. After struggling with last year's economic slide, Fox Cities businesses expect to make money in 2001 but spend less on growing their businesses, an economic survey concludes. James Schlies, chamber vice president of economic development, said businesses are showing a much more conservative attitude for 2001. Schlies said that might reflect past hiring frustrations, but it also would seem to provide some temporary relief from the worker shortage. Thirty-eight percent of the companies surveyed expect to expand their workforces in 2001 vs. 37 percent in 2000.