Trust the Person, Not the Recruiter!

Staying on the topic of my previous post: I’m still naïve, and I’m still a millennial – but I’ve picked up a few things over the last few months. One of them is that the world revolves around TRUST … We trust our doctors with our lives, our accountants with our money, and you all (well, most of you) trust us recruiters to put you into the right career. So I’m going to challenge all you candidates and companies out there to this simple question:“Doesn’t it make sense to treat me, the recruiter, the same as you do your doctor or accountant?”

Now I’m not saying you should tell me about the pack of cigarettes you smoke daily, or about the new stock you’re interested in, but I am asking for something very feasible – to trust me. It’s simple, if you don’t trust me and my abilities, then it will never work out- because our relationship should be one that is built on faith.

Since I’m a rookie and a ‘kid fresh out of college’, I admit that I still have a thing or two to learn. At times I’ve been told I’m too new at this and there is no way I could ever present a candidate effectively to a company because I’m too ‘junior’. Now on the flip side, I’ve been told that I handle things like a veteran and they (the client) had no idea I’d only been at this for a little less than a year!…

So you may be thinking, “okay so what’s the point of this rant- how can we trust this rookie recruiter?”, and the answer is simple — let’s talk golf. No, not literally (unless you’re an avid golfer like me).  I mean get to know ME --not Kyle the recruiter, but Kyle the person. As a recruiter I spend my entire day learning about other people and the problems they may be facing in their careers. So get to know me back. Ask me questions about myself … because I guarantee that after you know ‘Kyle the person’, you’ll trust ‘Kyle the recruiter’.  

~Kyle