How to evaluate a recruiter

by Chris Herbst  www.JupiterConsultantsLLC.com

In these tough times, Advisors are increasingly turning toward professional help in job seeking. In this market, some are just happy to locate a firm that doesn’t have a hiring freeze. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, as firms seem to have begun hiring again – and some of thelarger firms are reputed to be offering signing bonused, although these are most often structured as retention bonuses. Be that as it may, the market is shedding the summer doldrums and jobs are being offered. And good recruiters can be a great help. But therein lies the problem; recruiters can be very expensive to hire, and costlier still if they don’t know what they are doing or are out of touch with the latest trends.

Evaluating recruiters is a difficult task in and of itself. One may find recruiters promising pay jumps of 250%, maybe even 300%. Others promise little. Some recruiters enjoy near celebrity status from prolific writings, while others maintain a stealth approach. So how does one evaluate a recruiter? (more…)