What Every Candidate Needs to Ask Their Recruiter

Questions to ask recruiters:

How long have you been recruiting?

What is your focus?
Contingency vs. Retained?
Perm vs. Consultant/Contractor?
Geography?
Function: (IT, HR, Finance, etc)?
Level: Hourly, Salaried, Staff, Manager, Executive?

Placements Made: Overall, Past Year
Ask them for specifics on recent placements.

Are they full desk or split? Account side or Recruiting side?

Client relationship: Signed contract, prior client, marketing, or spamming resumes?

Is it your client, someone else in your firm? Or a split partner? How many prior placements have they made with this client? When?



Questions you should be prepared to answer from recruiters:

Type of position you are seeking: Specifics: salary, geography, travel, relo. Do you have a house to sell? Is your wife/family in agreement on these decisions?

How long have you been looking? Where is your resume posted?