The very best way to find the job you want. Part One.

Make Connections

The very best way to find the job you want is to start by making the right connections. Despite all the technological conveniences and tools that make resume distribution an art form, it still holds true that people hire people. No matter how good your resume or credentials are, you still need to strike a human connection to land that great job.

Think about it, you wouldn’t stuff your resume into a bottle and throw it into the sea in the hopes it might be fished out by the right person, would you? Sending out resumes to blind job board postings, or worse yet, working with a recruiter who spams your resume along with hundreds of others hoping to hit a jackpot placement is essentially the same thing. 

It is smart to work with a reputable recruiter because they have the connections. You benefit from the relationships they have painstakingly made with hiring managers, company executives and human resources professionals. Those relationships don’t happen overnight, they take time to develop a trust. Good recruiters are invested in their relationships and they are careful not to jeopardize them by bombarding their contacts with resumes of unqualified candidates. What that means to you is that when it’s your turn and it’s your dream job, your résumé goes directly to the right person, and it gets their attention. It’s not lost at sea in a "job response inbox" with the hundreds of other resumes that stream in daily.

There’s no substitute for the right introduction in the right place at the right time and for the right reason. When you come down to it, having a great recruiter is like having a friend in the business. What could be better than that?