What are executive recruiters?
“Headhunters”? Executive recruiters are the same as retainer recruiters, though some contingency recruiters will advertise themselves by that name. “Headhunter” is an accepted slang term for executive recruiter. It is like calling a psychologist a “shrink.” The higher your salary (generally $75K and up), the more useful a recruiter might be. • Are there people who should not use recruiters? Yes, people who have been out of work for a while, and career changers. These people will simply not be served well in general. • Why don’t recruiters respond to emails or phone calls? It’s not worth their time. In this present economy, an executive recruiter may be working to fill 50 positions at any one time. To do so he/she spends most of her time speaking with people he/she already knows to be qualified for one of the positions or can recommend other qualified people. A headhunter can easily get hundreds of resumes a day. The chances that an unsolicited resume will present qualifications exactly
