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Normally if one applies for a job and is contacted for an interview you will have to sell yourself on "what you can do for the company?", but if a recruiter or HR from a company seeks you out and you agree to an interview shouldn't it be reversed? Shouldn't the interview be you asking "why should I come work for you?", and "what can you do for me?". They are essentially trying to steal you from your current employer.
It should never be a win/lose confrontational thing. It should you exploring opportunities for a fit outside your current employer. It may be a new challenge, new benefits, whatever, but if you go in thinking you're some kind of rock star, it won't take much for the recruiter to stop calling you.
It should never be a win/lose confrontational thing. It should you exploring opportunities for a fit outside your current employer. It may be a new challenge, new benefits, whatever, but if you go in thinking you're some kind of rock star, it won't take much for the recruiter to stop calling you.
I will agree you need to be the right fit for the job, but in addition to that I believe there should be some pull on the end that already has a job. Although, I could see it as them thinking you want to leave because you agreed to come interview.
I will agree you need to be the right fit for the job, but in addition to that I believe there should be some pull on the end that already has a job. Although, I could see it as them thinking you want to leave because you agreed to come interview.
The joy is that you don't have to be as flexible as you may if you were unemployed. You can wait to have your socks blown off, so to speak, as you're in a comfortable position.
I just wouldn't view it as an adversarial process.
Be wary of recruiters who seek you out. They have a lot of tricks up their sleeves and they can play dirty. A friend of mine was contacted by a recruiter to leave his accounting job to go work for one of their clients. He interviewed with the client, but then decided to remain with his current accounting job. The recruiter literally threatened him - told him they would "ruin his reputation" so that no other headhunter would ever contact him again, that he would never be able to find another job in that city, etc. etc. etc. Just another reason that I avoid recruiters altogether.
The joy is that you don't have to be as flexible as you may if you were unemployed. You can wait to have your socks blown off, so to speak, as you're in a comfortable position.
I just wouldn't view it as an adversarial process.
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If someone from HR at the company called you, yes, you are in the driver's seat. A recruiter hired by the company is just trying to get paid, they don't care whether it's you or someone else. They just did some research and probably discovered that you are doing similar work, but my be one of 20 people they called.
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