Kennedy's Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters [Paperback]

Kennedy Publications (Author), James H. Kennedy (Author)

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Product Description

Packed with the tips, advice and know-how you need to maximize your career opportunities with executive recruiters, including: How the Industry Works; Using an Executive Recruiter; Working with Job Search Professionals; The Executive Recruiting Industry; Types of Executive Recruiters; Retainer and Contingency Firms; Specialists and Generalists; The Client/Recruiter Relationship; The Executive Recruiting Process; The Candidate/Recruiter Relationship "Insider" Tips and Techniques: Forming a Recruiter Contact Strategy; Identifying Specific Recruiters; Professional Organizations; Making Your Achievements Visible; The Right Tools - Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviews, Mailings; The Right Etiquette - Make the Best Use of Your Time and the Recruiter's Time, reserve Confidentiality and more How to Get Noticed; Mass Mailings, Traditional and E-mail PLUS! A glossary of recruiting terminology and much more! --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Since 1970, Kennedy Information has been the leading information source on select professional services, including management consulting, executive recruiting and investor relations. Described by Fortune magazine as "authoritative" and regularly quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times of London, CNN and nearly every major media outlet around the globe, Kennedy editors and analysts are the world's foremost experts in these markets. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Kennedy Information (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885922094
• ISBN-13: 978-1885922090
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #292,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not necessarily for the executive..., August 23, 2005

By	G. Stemetzki - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kennedy's Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters (Paperback)

I bought this book as I was preparing for a job search. The book does a good job of defining the differences between retained and contingency recruiters. They recommend that executives earning over $100K focus on retained recruiters.

The issue I have with the book is that they tell you to not bother contacting retained recruiters - they will find you. The book would have been more valuable had they given you some techniques for reaching this 'high-end' recruiter.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful for managers and exeuctives, January 31, 2006

By	Orville Pierson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kennedy's Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters (Paperback)

This book is a must if you are looking for a job in the executive category, earning $100,000 or more. It's also useful for people below that salary level, especially if their careers are in business and their resumes show strong, recent experience in the kind of work they're looking for.

In addition to this book, Kennedy offers directories and databases of recruiters, online and in print, searchable by specialty. The directories also cover employment agencies handling jobs in the $50,00 to $100,000 category.

For someone with a reasonably strong, "career-track" resume, using recruiters is important, and Kennedy is a well established authority on who they are, where they are, and how to work with them

13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Go online for headhunter info. Its free and more up to date., December 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Kennedy's Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters (Paperback)

This was totally useless information. I do not recommend that anyone buy this book. Go online and get free headhunter information, and save yourself the agony of reading this outdated job search info. What a waste.